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Born: Seattle, WA, 1942
Years Active: 1967-1970
Member of: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Influenced by: T-Bone Walker, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, The Impressions, Lonnie Mack, Jimmy Reed, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Freddie King, Muddy Waters, Cream, Hubert Sumlin, The Yardbirds
Genre: Rock & Alternative
Biography: In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than ...
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