LIFE AND TIMES OF JIMI HENDRIX
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Born on 27, November 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA - this great rock guitarist, singer, innovator and composer through the course of his short-spanned life changed the way the world saw the electric guitar forever.
Born as John Allen Hendrix then James Marshall Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix as he came to be popularly known is one of America's genius musicians whose self-styled electric guitar play introduced the world to a unique exotic blend of avant-garde British rock, rock, soul, blues and jazz.
Jimi Hendrix singularly while through his journey in popular music passionately altered its course with an influence that has lasted over six decades. The electric guitar revolutionary whose expressive potential made him one of the most influential and successful musicians of his - was an ex- paratrooper who was exempted from fighting in the vietnam was due to a honorable medical discharge.
Two factors got Jimi Hendrix recognized during his freelance days in the early sixties while he played as an accompanying musician for both popular and unpopular musicians - first, was his addiction to playing his guitar at very high volume while second, was his utter disrespect for musical genres which was genius as Jimi could effortlessly blend multiple musical genres in one play.
His big break came in 1966, while playing at a New York City club, there he was discovered and taken to England same year. His style was purely unorthodox and it endeared him to fans at British clubs where he alongside two other musicians - drummer, Mitch Mitchell and bassist, Noel Redding held British clubland enthusiasts spellbound. A third striking factor to Jimi Hendrix's musical charisma, was his highly energetic performances with showmanship at it's very best.
An encyclopedia of musical knowledge and a very experienced instrumentalist - Jimi Hendrix owed much of his musical expertise to his vast tours back in America with likes of the Isley Brothers and Little Richards. Jimi took all of that extensive knowledge into the British clubland circles, where his shows and concerts became the center of clubland Britain's attraction - an "all roads lead to" affair.
Along with his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jimi released his very first Top Ten Single titled - Hey Joe. His first studio album - Are You Experienced? - was released in 1967, before which he released two hit singles titled - Purple Haze - and - The Wind Cries Mary. With a success that that was growing by the day, Jimi Hendrix in 1968 relocated back to the U.S.
Jimi Hendrix released another studio album - Electric Ladyland - in 1968 which was a great success but the later years of his life weren't too bright. Upon return to the United States, Jimi Hendrix's recording mechanical rights (recording royalties) were frozen due to a mixed up in legal complications arising from his British sojourn. Although this was inevitably frustrating, Jimi had to buckle up financially by always being on the road touring.
At the point when things were beginning to look up for Jimi Hendrix - he died. Collapsing from barbiturates overdose on September 18, 1970, Jimi while gasping for breathe let out the following last words - I need help man, bad - but was confirmed dead before help could reach him. The guitar burning and smashing musician and prolific singer left behind a huge collection of yet-to-be-completed works which through the years were both edited, completed, and released by other musicians.
Upon his death, Jimi wealth and estate was passed on to his father, James Allen 'Al' Hendrix, who formed Experience Hendrix (a Jimi Hendrix asset management company) alongside his daughter, Janie. Jimi's dad died in 2002, which left Janie with the responsibility of running the company to this day. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
