This is a Jimi Hendrix BBC biography/documentary. We start with young Jimi and progress through his journey from Seattle to the Army to Nashville and the Chitlin circuit to New York's Greenwich Village and finally to London, England. In this series we get to know Jimi and learn about his time in London and the impact that he had on the local music scene and then the world. We hear from Eric Clapton, Brian May, Pete Townshend, Chas Chandler, Eddie Kramer and many more. We also explore Jimi's experience being black in London vs America, how he recorded music in the studio, the women in his life, performing Sgt. Pepper for The Beatles and more! This series is about Jimi Hendrix and his arrival in "swinging" London, where Jimi began to change the sound of rock guitar forever. Although born in Seattle, Jimi Hendrix was always most at home in his adopted city of London. Shy and retiring, James Marshall Hendrix arrived at Heathrow in September 1966 as an absolute unknown, and returned to the USA as a confident, homecoming hero ready to don the mantle of America's first black rock superstar. It was in London that he had been welcomed with open arms by the musical glitterati of the 60's, here he was judged for his talent rather than his race; above all it was in London that he was redesigned, repackaged, and presented back to America and the World. Born in 1942, in Seattle, Washington, Jimi Hendrix learned to play guitar as a teenager and grew up to become a rock legend who excited audiences in the 1960s & early 70s with his innovative electric guitar playing. One of his most memorable performances was at Woodstock in 1969, where he performed "The Star Spangled Banner." Hendrix died in 1970 from drug-related complications, leaving his mark on the world of rock music and remaining popular to this day. These interviews are from an old BBC radio show called "Jimi Hendrix: Made in London". Enjoy! original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E-3YrrsRzw