Jimi Hendrix
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 27, 1942
- Died
- September 18, 1970 (aged 27)
- Birthplace
- Seattle, Washington, USA
Biography
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, 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. Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he had formed his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell), and achieved three UK top ten hits: "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. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most commercially successful release and his only number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27. Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimi Hendrix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
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40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
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The Beach Boys
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Louder Than Rock
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
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This Is Pop
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McCartney 3, 2, 1
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Zappa
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Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
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Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
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70 Years of Youth Revolt
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The Last 24 Hours: Jimi Hendrix
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Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
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Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
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The UnXplained
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At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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27: Gone Too Soon
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The Top Ten Revealed
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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
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Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
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Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
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Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
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John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
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Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
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Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
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Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
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Jimi Hendrix: Metropolis ARTE
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Are You Experienced: An Inside Look
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Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
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The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
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Number One!
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Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
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Beat Club: The 40th Anniversary Edition
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Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
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Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
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Seven Ages of Rock
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Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
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Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection
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Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
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Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
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Rockthology 2
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Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
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Jimi Plays Berkeley
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It's Black Entertainment
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Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
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Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
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Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
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Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
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Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
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Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
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Classic Albums
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Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
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Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
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Jimi Hendrix - On the Road - Ultimate Experience Live!
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Dusty
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Woodstock Diary
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TOTP2
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Zakk Wylde: House of Guitars 1993
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Commercial Entertainment Product
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Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
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Jimi Plays Monterey
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Video from Hell
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Superstars in Concert
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When the Music's Over
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The South Bank Show
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The Day the Music Died
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The Abyss
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Sound of the City: London 1964-73
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Rainbow Bridge
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Participation
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Dynamite Chicken
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Woodstock
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Isle of Wight: Gegengesellschaft Oder Festival-Ramsch?
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Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
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Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
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Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Sweden
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Royal Albert Hall
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Jimi Hendrix: Room Full of Hendrix
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Popcorn
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Jimi Hendrix Live in Stockholm 1969
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Monterey Pop
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Jimi Hendrix: Experience
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All My Loving
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Psych-Out
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Wake at Generation
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It Must Be Dusty
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The Dick Cavett Show
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Dee Time
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Omnibus
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Beat-Club
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Dim Dam Dom
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Ready Steady Go!
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