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The Jimi Hendrix Facts
Jimi Hendrix was such a dominant presence in 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 created on November 27, 1942 in Seattle. A household friend sold him a cheap acoustic guitar when 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 reached know some other guitar lessons and learned from their store.
Following a short stint within the army where he met fellow musician, Billy Cox, Jimi moved to Clarksville, Tennessee and formed a band. Right from the start the outrageous Jimi Hendrix persona found the fore with Hendrix learning to play the guitar with his teeth in imitation of other guitarists he'd associated with during his short career. Following a hard time making a living in Ny, Hendrix joined the Isley Brothers band and continued tour where he was hired as part of Little Richard's backup band.
In 1966, former bassist with The Animals, Chas Chandler, was looking for an artist to perform a song he'd become attached to. The song was "Hey Joe" and Chandler liked the way in which Jimi Hendrix played it. So much so 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 the moment Hendrix met and jammed with Eric Clapton during an appearance with his new band, Cream. As he became more well-known working 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, then "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 behave as a part of an excursion through the Walker Brothers. In May 1967 the audience 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 guitar playing to audiences in the usa in the Monterey Pop Festival. It was here he became known internationally as the guy who burns and smashes guitars on stage. The following month Jimi heard Frank Zappa utilizing 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 launched in 1968 and included "All Across the Watchtower", an audio lesson written and originally recorded by Bob Dylan as an acoustic number, and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)". Additionally, it featured Jimi on bass as Noel Redding was engaged in separating himself from The Experience in those days.
In August 1969 Jimi Hendrix was the primary act in the Woodstock festival. He played for 2 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 in London.
Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970 after drowning in the vomit. He had drunk a lot of red wine and, based on uncle Monika Dannemann, he'd also taken sleep aids.
