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Jimi Hendrix Biography and Top 10 Songs

The problem with this is, I'm a lefty and my dad right handed and so we'd to keep switching the strings about which my dad moaned at. There is not a way I possibly could take part in the guitar a lefty like Jimi and so i eventually threw in the towel and decided to appreciate your guitar skills in others and concentrate my energy on other activities.

Jimi was born on November 27th 1942 in Seattle, Washington and it is remembered among the greatest guitarists of all time (the best to me). Jimi first became famous within the USA (his home country) and ended his career working in london, England. Jimi made success in america as he performed at the Monteray Pop Festival in 1967, he later headlined at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Jimi had many influences to his music, including Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Curtis Mayfield as well as Pete Townshend (The Who) and was also influenced by his Native American heritage.

Through the years Jimi helped to revolutionize music by developing several guitar techniques (using overdriven amplifiers to produce guitar feedback), and was one of the first performers to use stereophonic and phasing effects in the recording studio. Jimi can also be well known for his flamboyant dress sense and stage performances.

Jimi was discovered dead within the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel in London (I went to see for myself on the visit) and also the reason for death was considered he had died by drowning by himself vomit after drinking red wine and taking several sleeping pills. Situations leading upto Jimi's death still remain somewhat a mysterious and the details change from report to report.

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Jimi was inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 and holds many other achievements such as Melody Maker' pop musician of the year 1967 and 1968, Rolling Stone Magazines # 1 of their 100 Greatest Guitarists Ever, and has his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

Jimi released several studio albums (some notable ones being Are you currently Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Rainbow Bridge and Electric Ladyland) and has also released several live albums (Band Of Gypsys, Isle of Wight, and Bleeding Heart for starters). A number of Jimi's most popular singles were: Hey Joe, Stone Free, Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower, Foxy Lady, Voodoo Child and Little Wing.

There has been many artists and bands who've covered Jimi's songs over the years (Solution - Purple Haze, Stone Free - Eric Clapton, Bold As Love - The Pretenders) and there happen to be also several tribute albums released in his honor.

My Top ten Jimi Hendrix Songs are:

01. All Across the Watchtower
02. Hey Joe
03. Purple Haze
04. Voodoo Child
05. Crosstown Traffic
06. Little Wing
07. Stepping-stone
08. Go over Yonder
09. Izabella
10. Spanish Castle Magic

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