When Hendrix arrived in the UK in 1966, the rock world tilted on its axis and he shot from unknown to superstar and changed ...
In a recent BBC ranking of the best covers in rock history, a Beatles song was wrongfully chosen over one from Jimi Hendrix.
Bob Dylan released his first album in more than a year with 1967's understated classic John Wesley Harding. Among the great songs found on that LP was a tune called "All Along the Watchtower." Before ...
The history of rock guitar — and rock music in general — can be split into two periods: before Jimi Hendrix's debut album and after. It's difficult to overstate the impact of the Jimi Hendrix ...
How loose were Jimi Hendrix recording sessions by 1968? So loose that Hendrix manager Chas Chandler quit producing Experience recordings. (He didn’t like the lack of focus.) But they were also loose ...
Leon Hendrix, March 15, 2009. Photo by Paul Zollo/American Songwriter. “Jimi was as blind as me. Sometimes when nobody was around, he’d borrow my glasses if he needed to see something.” He’s Jimi ...
The Monterey International Pop Festival was held in June 1967 during the Summer of Love in sunny Monterey, California. At the time, Jimi Hendrix’s public profile had risen immensely following the ...
Even though Jimi Hendrix sadly never lived to become a truly avid petrol head, he did enjoy driving like a rock star. Pictured here in a Dune Buggy with a unknown lady friend, the legendary guitarist ...
Jimi Hendrix's enigmatic final written words may have been the start of a powerful song. His final interview, meanwhile, revealed dreams of free concerts-and his final voicemail showed a man in ...
On the heels of three Emmy nominations for his most recent documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, Bao Nguyen has entered production on Jimi, an authorized, feature-length doc on the meteoric rise of ...
The Jimi Hendrix Experience trio included Jimi Hendrix, drummer Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding on bass. This film excerpt from Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin’ features the Jimi Hendrix ...
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