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You will not hear “Red House” in “Jimi: All Is By My Side,” the
new musical drama about Jimi Hendrix. You will not hear “Fire,” or “Purple
Haze,” or “The Wind Cries Mary,” or even my favorite Hendrix song, “Manic
Depression.” And of the covers that the ideally cast Andre Benjamin performs as
the iconic guitarist, you won’t hear his famous, glorious version of “The
Star-Spangled Banner.”
This is because writer-director John Ridley and his team
couldn’t secure the rights to any of that spectacular music from Hendrix’s
estate. This would seem like a massive obstacle in trying to make a film about