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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music; and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze" and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (Official Audio)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady (Miami Pop 1968)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe (Official Audio)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Music Video)
Jimi Hendrix 'Voodoo Child' (Slight Return)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Like A Rolling Stone" (from Winterland)
Jimi Hendrix Experience interview 7 September 1968
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe Live
Jimi Hendrix Documentary -
Announcer:
"lady's and gentlemen, the jimi hendrix experience."
Jimi:
"i see that we meet again hmmm. yeah well, well, well.
dig,
dig, i'd like to get something strait, we ummm we got
tired
of the experience, and every once in a while we're
blowing
our minds too much, so we decided to change everything
around.
and a call it 'gypsy sons and rianbows' for short
nothin' but
a band of gypsies. we have billy cox playin' bass, and
um from
nashville tennessee we have lary lee playin' guitar
over there,
we got juma playin' congos over there, juma, and we
have granny
goose, oh i'm sorry mitch mitchell on drums over there,
and we
got jerry velez on congos too. you got yours truly on
pete whistle,
what me worry? gives us about a minute and a half to
tune up ok.
like we only had about two rehearsals so a we'll only
do a primary
rhythm thing. (someone in the background) i have mine
thank you
i have mine thank you, baby."