Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 โ€“ September 18, 1970) was an American rock legend. He was a singer, songwriter and guitarist, considered to be one of the most influential electric guitarists in rock music... [more]

Jimi Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 โ€“ September 18, 1970) was an American rock legend. He was a singer, songwriter and guitarist, considered to be one of the most influential electric guitarists in rock music history. He achieved worldwide fame in 1967, when he played at the Monterey Pop Festival, then headlined the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. Find articles, videos, and pictures of Jimi Hendrix here.

A leading figure of the largely overlooked Nashville blues scene, Johnny Jones was an outstanding guitarist who helped to launch the musical career of Jimi Hendrix. And it was with a Hendrix tune, Purple Haze, that Jones first attracted attention in the UK. He was born in 1936 in the small Tennessee town of Edes to a musical family. His father sang in local gospel groups, and his grandmother had a Victrola wind-up gramophone on which he...  
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