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The Jimi Hendrix Facts

Jimi Hendrix was this type of dominant presence within the late 1960's music scene his whole career was filled with milestones of 1 kind or any other. What exactly "facts" help us check this out unique character more clearly? Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle. A family friend sold him an inexpensive acoustic guitar as he was 15 years old. There after he spent almost all his waking hours practicing the guitar. He paid attention to records by B.B. King and Muddy Waters, and imitated what he heard. He reached know another guitar lessons and learned from them.

Following a short stint within the army where he met fellow musician, Billy Cox, Jimi gone to live in Clarksville, Tennessee and formed a band. Right from the start the outrageous Jimi Hendrix persona came to the fore with Hendrix learning to play the guitar with his teeth in imitation of other guitarists he'd associated with throughout his short career. After a hard time making a living in New York, Hendrix joined the Isley Brothers band and went on tour where he was hired as part of Little Richard's backup band.

In 1966, former bassist with The Animals, Chas Chandler, wanted an artist to carry out a song he'd become attached to. The song was "Hey Joe" and Chandler liked the way Jimi Hendrix played it. So much in fact he assisted Jimi in moving to London and helped him to enlist English bass player Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell as members of his new group, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. At the moment Hendrix met and jammed with Eric Clapton during an appearance together with his new band, Cream. As he became more well-known working in london The Beatles, The Who and also the Rolling Stones became fans of his music.

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Later that year, Jimi recorded "Hey Joe" as his first single with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, then "Stone Free", "Purple Haze" and "The Wind Cries Mary" (all Hendrix compositions). In March 1967 Jimi set his guitar alight on stage after his behave as part of a tour through the Walker Brothers. In May 1967 the group released their first LP, "Are You Experienced" which reached # 2 in England behind The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band".

In June 1967 in the Monterey Pop Festival, Jimi Hendrix got the chance to present his flamboyant stage persona and individualistic playing guitar to audiences in the usa in the Monterey Pop Festival. It was here that he became known internationally because the guy who burns and smashes guitars on stage. The following month Jimi heard Frank Zappa using a wah-wah pedal and immediately incorporated it into his music.

"Axis: Bold As Love", Jimi's second album was launched in December 1967 and featured the wah-wah pedal as well as other electronic effects. "Electric Ladyland" was released in 1968 and included "All Along The Watchtower", an audio lesson written and originally recorded by Bob Dylan being an acoustic number, and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)". It also featured Jimi on bass as Noel Redding was engaged in separating himself in the Experience at that time.

In August 1969 Jimi Hendrix was the primary act at the Woodstock festival. He played for two hours and ended the set with his famous rendition of Star Spangled Banner.

Jimi Hendrix gave his last concert at the Isle Of Fehman Festival in Germany on September 6, 1970. His final public appearance was in a jam session with Eric Burdon and War at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in London.

Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970 after drowning in the vomit. He'd drunk a large amount of red wine and, according to uncle Monika Dannemann, he had also taken sleep aids.

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