The birth of rock(blues based rock 1963-1970)

The rock revolution of the 1960's seen through the life and music of jimi hendrix.The first doomed icon of rock,Hendrix was the synthesis ofeverything that had gone before him and all that was to come.The birth of rock also explores the influence of rythm & blues on a generation of britsh musicians such as the rolling stones,cream and the who, and onhow the song writing of bob dylan and studio developmens of the beatles transformed the abilities and ambitions of rock.

The programme is mainly based around jimi hendrix but also around artists who influenced him.

Jimi hendrix encapsulates the first age of rock more than any single figure; a summation of all thathad gone before him and a prjection of what was to come.He was the roots bluesman who used new technology, perfectly bridging the gap between thepast and future to create a dazzling physcadelic......