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(1942 – 1970)

James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; 27th November at Seattle’s King County Hospital, 1942 - 18th September 1970) was a U.S. guitarist, singer, and songwriter.

Hendrix was not very popular in the U.S.A. at the outset of his musical career, only later gaining recognition after taking a trip to England in 1966 with The Animals’ Chas Chandler, where he subsequently formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. While The Experience quickly became popular in England, they remained relatively unrecognised outside the country. It was not until their 1967 performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in the States that The Experience became, quite literally overnight, one of the most popular bands of the era.

Hendrix was mostly self-taught on the guitar. He was ambidextrous but chose to play the guitar upside-down and re-strung for playing left-handed, which suggests that he was more comfortable left-handed. As a guitarist, he built upon the innovations of blues stylists such as B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, and Muddy Waters, as well as those of rhythm and blues and soul music guitarists such as Curtis Mayfield. Hendrix’s music was also influenced by jazz; he often cited Rahsaan Roland Kirk as his favourite musician. In addition, Hendrix extended the tradition of rock guitar; although previous guitarists, such as The Kinks’ Dave Davies, Jeff Beck, and The Who’s Pete Townshend, had employed techniques such as feedback, distortion and other effects as sonic tools, Hendrix was able to exploit them to a previously undreamed-of extent, and made them an integral part of his own private, unique genre, which he called “Red”.
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  • arms4wardraise

    I wonder if the absence of "similar artists" is deliberate, to indicate that Jimi Hendrix is unlike any, then and even now. If the omission is intentional, then that's awesome because Hendrix truly does not sound like any other artist

    5 hours ago

  • UnfinishedSong

    "Um considerável pedaço da vida daquele que é considerado por muitos como o melhor guitarrista da história está prestes a saltar para o cinema. Associado a estilos como os blues e o rock, Jimi Hendrix cavou uma marcante pegada no mundo da música, que dificilmente será apagada. André 3000 dos Outkast é o eleito para interpretar o papel do “deus da guitarra” em All Is By My Side." Mais aqui: http://www.ante-cinema.com/andre-3000-vai-encarnar-jimi-hendrix-em-all-is-by-my-side/

    yesterday morning

  • Sharp-Ton

    No other can make weep a guitar like Jimi.

    yesterday morning

  • Didulidudadu

    Deity!

    Wednesday evening

  • mamu-maminu

    ...and so castles made of sand fall in the sea, eventually...

    Tuesday afternoon

  • Sibilatrix

    Lord!

    11 days ago

  • Regular-Sh0w

    Amazing guitarist!

    13 days ago

  • Aristoxenous

    "Red House" off the Valleys of Neptune album is the best version is existence.

    15 days ago
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