What most characterised Jimi Hendrix? His transcendental playing and extraordinary songs? Or his stoned ramblings and (widely contested) spousal abuse? Featuring not a shred of the master’s composition (his estate refused the rights), and even less of his soul, this dire biopic by 12 Years A Slave scribe John Ridley charts Hendrix’s pre-fame years in Vacillation London.
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Rahsheeda Ali | September 26, 2014 2:30 pm
Andre Benjamin returns to the big screen in Jimi: All Is By My Side, one of this fall’s most buzzworthy films. The movie explores Jimi Hendrix’s life between 1966 and 1967, culminating with the legend preparing to take the U.S. by storm at the Monterey Global Pop Festival. Along the way, Hendrix goes from…
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Jimi Jamison — who was the lead singer for the bands Cobra and Survivor — passed away Sunday night. He was 63.
Jamison’s booking administrator, Sally Irwin, tells TMZ that Jamison died of a heart attack.
Jamison joined Survivor in 1984 (after they found success with “Eye of the Tiger”) but was the lead singer on other classic songs like, “The Moment of Truth” (from…