Major
Artists: Jimi Hendrix ~ The
Last 24 Hours (DVD)
Posted on
Saturday, January 08, 2005 @ 07:29:00 EST
Topic: Major
Artists |
Artist:
Jimi Hendrix
CD: The Last 24 Hours
(DVD)
Quote: "I found all of this
fascinating, and I had no idea the life of Hendrix was
so complicated."
By Keith "Muzikman"
Hannaleck
Our
love affair with dead rock stars never ends. In some
instances, like in the case of the legendary guitar man
Jimi Hendrix, it continues to grow with each passing
year.
Up until this point, before watching this
gripping and thought provoking video, I thought Hendrix
died by choking on his own vomit. It seems there is a
lot more to the ending of this man’s life. A series of
events unfolded to form a dark and suspicious veil over
his life and death.
The music of Hendrix,
recognized primarily through four studio albums, then
countless bootlegs and unreleased material, is a cash
cow that has been unrelenting. There seems to be an
endless supply of unreleased material coming from Jimi’s
estate over the past few years. Hendrix must have lived
in the studio to have this much in the can. His
popularity has not waned one iota, this DVD may change
the views of many and open up new investigations into
his demise.
Jimi loved the rock star life, and he
was all about consuming the benefits of being in the
public eye. He always had plenty of sex and drugs, and
this scenario was emphasized throughout the run of this
DVD. It seems Hendrix was supportive of the Black
Panthers when they were rising up to create a stir in
America. The government did not want rich rock stars
funneling money to a group that threatened the status
quo and the sovereignty of our nation (or so it was
perceived at the time), thus the CIA made their ties
with the Mafia’s drug cartel to learn more about Jimi’s
habits and created an ongoing profile of his daily life.
Not one person has stepped forward in over 35 years
since Jimi’s death to claim that they were with him when
he died; therefore, the conclusion reached in a series
of interviews with people that knew Jimi is that he was
murdered in order to squelch the Black Panthers rise to
power.
I found all of this fascinating, and I had
no idea the life of Hendrix was so complicated. Those
close to him said that he knew he was going to die. He
was a shooting star that burned out much too soon;
however, it seems as though he set himself up for
everything that happened. Everything about this DVD
could be fact or fiction; it is your choice to make. I
promise you this, if watch this you will never look at
this music legend’s life the same, I guarantee it.
The
Jimi Hendrix web site
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