OUTKAST’s Andre 3000 To Perform THE BEATLES, MUDDY WATERS, Covers In Upcoming JIMI HENDRIX Biopic
July 3, 2012, 12 years ago
According to Billboard.com , “ANDRE "ANDRE 3000” BENJAMIN will cover classic songs by the BEATLES, MUDDY WATERS and CHIP TAYLOR in All Is By My Side, the upcoming JIMI HENDRIX biopic in which the OUTKAST rapper stars as the legendary guitarist. One artist that Benjamin will not be covering in the film, though, is Hendrix himself.
According to Rolling Stone, All Is By My Side, which is currently being filmed in Ireland, will feature Benjamin performing reinterpretations of the Beatles' ‘Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band’, Waters' ‘Mannish Boy’, Taylor's ‘Wild Thing’ and ‘Hound Dog’, among other songs. However, Experience Hendrix LLC, which runs the Hendrix estate, still will not let All Is By My Side use any copyrighted Hendrix material, after issuing a statement last month explaining its lack of participation in the film project.
Instead, All Is By My Side will focus on Hendrix's time as a young artist in London in 1966-67, prior to the release of his debut album, Are You Experienced.
Read more at Billboard.com.
