Jimi Hendrix obviously created some of rock's most memorable moments. But, he also created a few that fans would like to forget. His second to last concert ever is a prime example.

Just a couple weeks before he died in September of 1970, Hendrix appeared at the Isle of Wight Festival. Video footage of his set that day shows what many claim is an obviously inebriated Hendrix who was greeted by boos during the performance. It was one of the low points of his brief, but otherwise, amazing career.

Now, Hendrix is back on the Isle of Wright. Only this time in the form of a lifesize statue. And, many people are not happy about it. One resident says:

"By all accounts he was a drug user and not the sort of person we should be celebrating here."

But, Brian Hinton, the chairman of the trust and curator at the Dimbola Lodge where the statue stands, says the critics suffer from "cultural snobbery."

Following the cultural argument, the sculptor claims that "On a world scale, Hendrix is as important as Alfred Lord Tennyson [who lived near the Dimbora Lodge site]. I believe both are on a par, achieving as much as the other in their own way."

Hendrix as important as Tennyson? Purple Haze vs In Memoriam A.H.H.? An argument for the ages that I'll leave to greater minds.

(Photo Copyright: John Swindells, the sculptor).