The story of life is faster than the blink of an eye. The story of love is hello and goodbye - until we meet again. In his person, the sixties are encapsulated: rough, rebellious, dreamy, and filled with a risky zest for life. Jimi Hendrix is not only regarded as the most influential guitarist in rock music - his early death continues to serve as a lesson in a life accelerated to self-destruction. Beyond rock 'n' roll, blues, and jazz, he reinvented the guitar: it resembles a resonating body part, with unimaginable physical possibilities - radically explored in Hendrix's interpretation of the American national anthem: an anthem of rebellion for the Woodstock generation that still resonates today.