The first part of this three-episode series takes us through Jimi’s life in Seattle, Washington where he lived the majority of his twenty-seven years. Through the recollection of his closest friends and family, we enter into the inner world of Jimi’s upbringing.

After Jimi leaves the Army, he plays backup for some of the greatest R&B musicians.

Part III highlights the culmination of Jimi's musical career from the studio and on the road only to watch it all come crashing down upon him in an examination of the events surrounding his controversial death.