The Jimi Hendrix Experience (BBC Radio 2 documentary)

A Jimi Hendrix documentary aired on 21 Sept 2010 on BBC Radio 2.

Jerry Hall marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix (18 September 1970) by considering his legacy as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th Century...

Contributors to this programme include Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney (who saw Jimi's London gig on the weekend that Sgt Pepper's was released and Jimi played the album's title track), Monterey Festival organiser Lou Adler, Andy Fairweather Low, Tom McGuinness, Michael Wadleigh (who filmed Jimi at Woodstock), Donovan, (who was on stage with Jimi at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970), Eric Burdon, Phil Manzanera, Marsha Hunt, Eddie Kramer, etc.

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Purple Haze, The Jimi Hendrix Story (2002) Part 2

"Purple Haze", The Jimi Hendrix Story was originally broadcast in January 2002 on BBC Radio 2.

Presented by Gary Moore, tells the story of the greatest guitarist of all time and one of the most influential figures in rock music. 

The programme features archive interviews with Jimi himself, and we also hear from Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, Chas Chandler, Brian May, Robert Wyatt and Jimi's longstanding girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham.

Here's part two with approximately 39 minutes.

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Purple Haze, The Jimi Hendrix Story (2002) Part 1

"Purple Haze", The Jimi Hendrix Story was originally broadcast in January 2002 on BBC Radio 2.

Presented by Gary Moore, tells the story of the greatest guitarist of all time and one of the most influential figures in rock music. 

The programme features archive interviews with Jimi himself, and we also hear from Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Mitch Mitchell, Noel Redding, Chas Chandler, Brian May, Robert Wyatt and Jimi's longstanding girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham.

This is part one with approximately 46 minutes.

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