From this 79-second snippet of All Is By My Side featuring an exchange with Jimi Hendrix and his girlfriend Linda Keith (played by Imogen Poots), we can discern that OutKast rapper André Benjamin has nailed Hendrix’s laid-back conversational delivery and disarming smile. (Note the Seeds’ “Can’t Seem to Make You Mine” in the background.)
Sadly, the Hendrix estate nixed the usage of any of the legendary guitarist’s compositions in the film, which is written and directed by John Ridley, but there will be covers Jimi and the Experience did of Muddy Waters, the Beatles, the Troggs, and other artists’ songs. All Is By My Side is screening in Austin, Texas at the SXSW festival.
