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Report: Andre 3000 to cover the Beatles, Muddy Waters and others for Hendrix biopic…

Since the Jimi Hendrix estate didn’t approve, the Hendrix biopic, “All Is By My Side” to use the original Hendrix recordings for the film, that’s still not stopping the film crew for allowing Andre 3000 to cover songs for the film instead. In Jimi Hendrix’s earlier career, he started off covering other artists material. That was way before he made Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower” his anthem. Listen to the videos below, Hendrix covering the Beatles, Muddy Waters, Cream, etc.

That pic above is Andre 3000 as Hendrix on set. I’m very impressed with the look as I figure Andre would be a perfect match. It’s pretty much dead on.

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Honestly, I think Janie is a bit of a bitch for not letting them use Jimi’s catalog of music. Janie is not his actual sister anyway. So what gives her the right to take total control of Jimi’s music? If Jimi himself was still alive today, he would be very flattered that his music would be considered for a movie. I think he would be honored. She’s disrespecting his legacy.

Kev

Kev

Report: Andre 3000 is Jimi Hendrix…

There has been rumors in the past that Andre 3000, rapper/actor, was supposed to be playing Jimi Hendrix, for the biopic film, titled, “All Is By My Side”, well now, the rumor has been officially confirmed. I don’t know much about Andre 3000, since I’ve never listened to rap music all that much, but I remember seeing him in the film, “Be Cool”. Looking at Andre’s photos, he looks almost identical to Hendrix, almost like twin brothers. So I must say that Andre is a perfect fit!

More on the story, here.

Like I said, I don’t know much about the music of Andre 3000, but I do know that he really plays the guitar. He’s going to have to learn more about Hendrix’s guitar style. He’s going to learn how to play left handed. Hendrix played a right handed guitar but he reversed the strings so he could play left handed. Andre may have to do the same, which may be tough for him. I’m sure Andre will be trained by guitar instructors in Hendrix’s style.

I hate most music biopics, there’s only very few of them that I loved, like: “La Bamba” with Lou Diamond Philips, “The Buddy Holly Story” with Gary Busey, “Ray” with Jamie Foxx, and “Walk the Line” with Joaquin Phoenix.

Hopefully, this Hendrix biopic will be a real good one.

Kev