Jimi Hendrix

Born: Seattle, WA, 1942

Years Active: 1967-1970

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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Nov 14 2007 12:00PM by Henry Diltz

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 Spinner.com: Previous | NextLos Angeles, 1967: He had just played at the Monterey Pop Festival, which was produced by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas. So they had nabbed him to open their show at the Hollywood Bowl, which was soon after Monterey. So...Read more

 
Nov 14 2007 12:00PM by Henry Diltz

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 Spinner.com: Previous | NextLos Angeles, 1967: This was taken probably a half an hour before that picture of Hendrix standing onstage. There we are in this little green room right offstage, and there was one couch in the room and everyone is just sitting around...Read more

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