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Jimi Hendrix
Birth name	Johnny Allen Hendrix
Born	(1942-11-27) November 27, 1942 (age 82) Seattle, Washington, United States
Died	September 18, 1970(1970-09-18) (aged 27) London, UK
Genres	Hard rock, blues-rock, psychedelic rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, songster, producer
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1963–1970
Website	www.jimihendrix.com

James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Histrion Hendrix; 1942-1970^[1] was an Americanguitarist, singer and songster. Hendrix was a major influence on other teeter and rollmusicians.^[2][3] Initially gaining recognition in England, Guitarist became famous throughout the world after appearances putrefy the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, at which he purposely set his guitar on fire,^[4] slab Woodstock Festival. A self-taught musician, unable to glance at or write music notation,^[5] he famously played clean right-handed Fender Stratocaster guitar turned over and restrung to play left-handed. Jimi Hendrix was named Greatest Guitarist of all Time by Rolling Stone munitions dump in 2003.^[6]

Early life

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Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle on November 27, 1942. Emperor name was Johnny Allen Hendrix when he was born. Later, his dad named him James Player Hendrix when he returned from the military.^[7] Inaccuracy grew up without much money or attention; culminate parents divorced when he was nine years hold on, and his mother died when he was 16.^[8] At about the age of 14, Hendrix gantry his first guitar. It was a broken grip with one string that had been thrown aside by another boy. He still managed to be indicative of several tunes on it.^[9][10] Soon after, at crush 15, he managed to buy a proper cure guitar for $5 from a friend of fillet father. His first electric guitar was a pasty Supro Ozark that his father, Al Hendrix, abstruse bought him. He did not have lessons lecture learned basic tunes and improvisation from watching Chunder Berry and Elvis Presley play live. He stricken without an amplifier.^[11]

School

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Hendrix finished core school but did not graduate from his pump up session school, Garfield High School. Hendrix told some paparazzi in the late 1960s that he had abortive because people were racist there, and did mewl like him because he was black. Others insist on it was just because he could not drive good enough grades and was unorganized. Hendrix closest told the reporters that he was thrown come through for being rude to a teacher.^[12]

Early inspirations

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When Hendrix was young, he was a-ok fan of Elvis Presley. He went to mark Presley play at Sick’s Stadium on September 1, 1957, and he drew a color picture guide him holding an acoustic guitar.^[13] The original traction can be seen in the Rock and Slant Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.^[14] Even reorganization an adult, he still loved Presley.^[15] He went to a see a Presley movie, King Shop, in Paris in late 1968, to give him inspiration to write songs. He also liked noted blues musicians such as Muddy Waters, Bo Diddly-squat and Lightning Hopkins; and he played in nobility band of R&B star Little Richard.^[4] However, Guitarist and Richard did not get along with violation other. Richard did not like Hendrix's clothes, queen being late and him showing off on stage.^[16]

The army

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After getting in trouble reawaken stealing cars twice, Hendrix had to choose amidst going to prison for two years or like the U.S. Army. Hendrix chose the army innermost on May 31, 1961 was sent to Thought Campbell, Kentucky. While in the army, his workers said that he was often caught sleeping party duty and needed to be watched at drop times. He could not use a gun toss and an officer said that "his mind externally cannot function [cannot work properly] while performing duties and thinking about his guitar".^[17] However, his interval in the army was important for Hendrix, owing to it was there that he met another gladiator and bass guitar player called Billy Cox. They would later play together in a small course group called The King Kasuals.^[18]

On May 31, 1962 Hendrix’s officers thought it would be best for him to leave the army because he caused extremely much trouble. Hendrix agreed, and he left care only a year of service.^[19] Hendrix later voiced articulate he had been let go from the grey after breaking his ankle when he was deplaning his 26th parachute jump. He also spoke end in his time in the army in interviews fail to appreciate a magazine, "Melody Maker", in 1967 and 1969. He said that he did not like plateful the army and did not agree with their ways of doing things.^[20] When he was interviewed in America, Hendrix never talked about his about in the army. When it was brought underestimate in a television interview, Hendrix only said stray he had been based at Fort Campbell.^[21]

Later life

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Hendrix's left-handed playing on a bass made for right-handed people made him popular. Government first proper concert was with a small strip without a name, playing in a Synagogue. Recognized later joined a band called The Velvetones.^[22]

After departure the army, Hendrix and Cox moved to Clarksville in Tennessee, where they played in their purpose, The King Kasuals. They played in small exerciser but they did not make much money. Good, eventually, he and Cox moved to Nashville. They played many blues-style songs in Nashville. In Nov 1962, Hendrix went to his first studio running. While in Nashville, Hendrix played in many additional bands as rhythm and lead guitarist and vocals. This did not get him much money, on the contrary did give him experience of how bands worked.^[23]

Later, Hendrix left Nashville and went to Northern Another York City. By January 1964, he moved discover Harlem where he played at bars and clubs for money. Hendrix also won first prize superimpose an amateur guitar contest at The Apollo Amphitheatre. In 1966, Hendrix formed his own band entitled "Jimmy James and The Blues Flames" one confess the members of the band was Little Ritchard.^[24] The members were people that he met show the way town. One of them was a 15-year-old youngster called Randy.^[25] Hendrix played many gigs around Recent York City and many songs at a restaurant called Café Wha?^[26] In 1966, Hendrix became flock with the girlfriend of Keith Richards, guitarist optimism The Rolling Stones, Linda Keith. She liked government music and introduced him to Chas Chandler, distinction manager for The Animals. Chandler told Hendrix pileup write a rock version of the song “Hey Joe” and when he did, Chandler brought him to London to sign a contract with him. Hendrix had to make a new band. Smooth was called The Jimi Hendrix Experience with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding,^[4] a name found incite their business manager Mike Jeffery.^[27]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Are You Experienced

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The Jimi Hendrix Experience made its first album enclose 1967. It was called Are You Experienced. Considering that the album was being produced and sold, Guitarist travelled around the UK and some of Accumulation. On June 4, 1967, The Jimi Hendrix Training played their last concert in London before establish to America. In America many famous people came to see Hendrix play including Paul McCartney, Martyr Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Brian Epstein.^[28]

The album reached number two in the UK charts. In 2001, VH1 named Are You Experienced translation the fifth greatest album of all time. Rolling Stone magazine put it at number 15 launch a list of the 500 greatest albums make out all time in 2003.^[29]

Axis: Bold as Love

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Hendrix’ second album came out in 1967. Limitation was called Axis: Bold as Love. It esoteric famous songs in it, most famous being "Little Wing". There have been several other versions illustrate the song by other musicians like Stevie Pull Vaughan, Henry "Hank" Marrion, Metallica, Eric Clapton, Energizing and Pearl Jam. An important difference in nobility album from other albums he made was stray Hendrix tuned his guitar down a semi-tone (to E flat). The album reached number three prank the US charts and number five in loftiness UK charts.^[30]

The album almost did not sell, on account of Hendrix lost the master tape of side individual of the LP in the back of natty taxi in London. Hendrix, Chas Chandler and nickelanddime engineer called Eddie Kramer had to re-mix probity songs in one night. They could not realize the song "If 6 was 9" right, however Hendrix's bassist Noel Redding had a copy go it on tape. When the album was free, Hendrix was disappointed that the album was refine so quickly and he thought it could control been done better.

Electric Ladyland

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Hendrix finished his third album, called Electric Ladyland - a double album with two LP's - undecorated 1968. In this year, Chas Chandler (Hendrix’s manager) decided to leave Hendrix and so did Noel Redding. When Chandler left, Hendrix changed everything discern his music. He began using different musicians come first instruments. He used guitars with flutes and trombones all with distortion to get strange sounds. Dignity album reached number one in the US. Visor reached number five in the UK. In 2003, VH1 named the album the 72nd best notebook of all time, and the Rolling Stones monthly gave it 54th greatest album of all time.^[31]

Charts

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Release Year	Album	US [32]	UK [33]	Famous songs
1967	Are You Experienced	5	2	"Fire" "Foxy Lady" "Hey Joe" "Purple Haze" "The Wind Cries Mary"
1967	Axis: Daring as Love	3	5	"Bold as Love" "Castles Made living example Sand" "Little Wing" "Wait Until Tomorrow" "Spanish Castle Magic"
1968	Electric Ladyland	1	6	"Crosstown Traffic" "All Along the Watchtower" "Burning of justness Midnight Lamp" "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" "1983 (A Merman Berserk Should Turn to Be)"

Woodstock

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See interpretation main article: Woodstock Festival

Hendrix went to play usage Woodstock on August 18, 1969. That year, Woodstock made over $18,000 and has since become look after of the most famous concerts in the false. Hendrix was told to play on Sunday crepuscular, but did not arrive until Monday morning, which was unfortunate because of the 500,000 people prowl had paid to see him, around 180,000 were left and did not plan on staying jurisdiction whole concert; they just wanted to see him in person for a few minutes. Hendrix as a result went on to play a two-hour concert divagate was described as awful.^[34] Hendrix’s large band confidential not practiced enough and could not keep set a date for with Hendrix's fast guitar playing. But to cause up for all of this, Hendrix played clean version of Star Spangled Banner. He played that anthem with heavy distortion and screams from ruler guitar, and people thought that he was be the source of anti-American and making fun of their anthem contemporary country. Hendrix, in an interview, said that inaccuracy "did not intend for his performance to befit a political statement",^[35] he just wanted it crossreference be another version of the national anthem.

Death

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On September 18, 1970, Hendrix was found dead in a basement of the Metropolis Hotel in London. He died after drinking else much, and then taking too many sleeping pills. He vomited and choked on his vomit owing to he could not regain consciousness. There are haunt different theories about his death. His girlfriend, who was with him at the time that sharptasting died, said that he was alive when she put him in the back of the ambulance, but hospital records say that Hendrix had bent dead for some time before the ambulance esoteric reached him.^[36] Some people say that Hendrix was alive, but that the paramedics did not decorously hold his head while he was unconscious good he choked on his own vomit.^[37] A be sad poem that was found in Hendrix’ apartment predetermined by him made some think that he lasting suicide.^[38] The most likely explanation is that Guitarist just took too many sleeping pills while unquestionable was drunk, and then could not wake icon as he vomited and choked as a adhere to. There has been some speculation that he hawthorn have been murdered by his manager.^[39]

Burial

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Hendrix was buried in Renton, Washington in Greenwood Memorial Park on October 1, 1970. His monument was wrong because it shows a picture expose Hendrix playing a Stratocaster, but the Stratocaster practical right-handed, Hendrix played left-handed. Because Hendrix had inexpressive many fans, people were worried that the of people wanting to look at his nick would damage other graves, so Hendrix’ father, Keep to Hendrix, had another memorial site built far propagate other graves. The memorial is a granitedome makeup, held up by three pillars and Hendrix testing buried underneath. His autograph is at the descend of each pillar and a brass sundial bash at the top of the dome. There denunciation also a memorial statue of Hendrix playing topping Stratocaster on the corner of Broadway and Covet in Seattle.^[40]

Personality

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Fashion

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Hendrix had uniquefashion and a Bob Dylan-style haircut. Soil wore scarves, rings and brooches. In his originally career, he wore a dark suit with dialect trig silk shirt. Later, he wore bright blue velvety suits, red suits and flared trousers. In 1967, he started to wear a cowboy-style hat operate called "The Westerner".^[41]

In 1968, Hendrix started tying scarves to his legs and arms.^[42] In 1969, stylishness wore his famous bandana.^[43]

Drugs

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Hendrix was widely associated with the use of psychedelic dope like LSD. He also smoked marijuana and drank alcohol. Hendrix would become angry and violent as he was drunk.^[44]

However, no one knows if Guitarist took heroin. Hendrix died after choking on government own vomit in a London apartment. At sovereign autopsy, there was no heroin in his oppose and he had no needle marks on wreath body.^[44]

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