The Jimi Hendrix Experience I went to see him play, I thought that was it, the game was up for all of us, we may as well pack it in." The group came to prominence in the US after the June 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, one of the first major rock music festivals. The band's performance ended with Hendrix famously setting his psychedelically painted Fender Stratocaster on fire. After the festival they toured with the Monkees, but left the tour two weeks later, reportedly due to lack of audience response. With the Experience, Hendrix recorded several hit singles, such as "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze",
Jimi: All Is by My Side production budget of $5 million. "Jimi: All Is by My Side" received a rating of 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6/10 based on 80 reviews. The site's consensus states: "It's uneven—and it lacks the primal power of its subject's classic recordings—but "Jimi: All Is By My Side" offers a well-acted alternative take on the Hendrix myth." On Metacritic, the film has a rating of 66 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Jimi: All Is by My Side Jimi: All Is by My Side is a 2013 internationally co-produced drama film about