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The Jimi Hendrix Facts
Jimi Hendrix was this type of dominant presence in the late 1960's music scene his whole career was filled with milestones of one kind or any other. What exactly "facts" allow us to see this 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 just about all his waking hours playing the guitar. He listened to records by B.B. King and Muddy Waters, and imitated what he heard. He got to know another guitar lessons and learned from their store.
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. Immediately the outrageous Jimi Hendrix persona found the fore with Hendrix learning how to play your guitar together with his teeth in imitation of other guitarists he'd associated with during his short career. After a difficult time earning money in Ny, 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 using the Animals, Chas Chandler, wanted a painter to perform 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 that 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 this time Hendrix met and jammed with Eric Clapton throughout an appearance together with his new band, Cream. Because he became more well-known in London The Beatles, The Who and The Rolling Stones became fans of his music.
Later that year, Jimi recorded "Hey Joe" as his first single with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, followed by "Stone Free", "Purple Haze" and "The Wind Cries Mary" (all Hendrix compositions). In March 1967 Jimi set his guitar alight on stage at the end of his act as a part of an excursion through the Walker Brothers. In May 1967 the group released their first LP, "Are You Experienced" which reached number two 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 guitar playing to audiences in America at the Monterey Pop Festival. It had been here he became known internationally as the guy who burns and smashes guitars on stage. The next 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 released in December 1967 and featured the wah-wah pedal and various other electronic effects. "Electric Ladyland" was released in 1968 and included "All Across the Watchtower", a song written and originally recorded by Bob Dylan as 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 in the Woodstock festival. He played for two hours and ended the set together with his famous rendition of Star Spangled Banner.
Jimi Hendrix gave his last concert in the Isle Of Fehman Festival in Germany on September 6, 1970. His final public appearance was at a jam session with Eric Burdon and War at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club working in london.
Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970 after drowning in the vomit. He'd drunk a large amount of dark wine and, based on his friend Monika Dannemann, he'd also taken sleeping pills.
