Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist. Born November 27, 1942, in Seattle. Died September 18, 1970, in Kensington. Known for Are You Experienced?, Purple Haze and Axis: Bold as Love. Educated at Fort Campbell and Garfield High School. Awards include UK Music Hall of Fame, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
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- Described as
- American guitarist (1942–1970)
- Other names
- JHX, James Marshall Hendrix, Johnny Allen Hendrix, Hendrix
- Born
- November 27, 1942 · 12 references
- Died
- September 18, 1970 · 12 references
- Born in
- Seattle · 3 references
- Died in
- Kensington
- Buried in
- Greenwood Memorial Park
- Cause of death
- asphyxia
- Name at birth
- Johnny Allen Hendrix · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- singer · 1 reference; record producer; vocalist; guitarist · 1 reference; singer-songwriter; composer · 1 reference; rock guitarist · 1 reference; rock musician · 1 reference
- Education
- Fort Campbell · 1 reference; Garfield High School · 2 references
- Member of
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience; Band of Gypsys; Jimmy James and the Blue Flames
- Genre
- psychedelic rock; hard rock · 2 references; acid rock; blues rock; electric blues
- Instrument
- guitar; kazoo; glockenspiel; voice
- Record label
- MCA Inc.; Reprise Records
- Known for
- Are You Experienced? · 1 reference; Purple Haze · 1 reference; Axis: Bold as Love · 1 reference; Electric Ladyland · 1 reference; Band of Gypsys · 1 reference; Live at Woodstock · 1 reference; Jimi Plays Monterey · 1 reference; Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival · 1 reference; Isle of Wight · 1 reference
- Awards
- UK Music Hall of Fame; star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1991) · 1 reference; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (1992) · 1 reference
- Father
- Al Hendrix · 1 reference
- Mother
- Lucille Hendrix · 1 reference
- Siblings
- Leon Hendrix
- Religion
- lapsed Catholic
- Military branch
- United States Army · 1 reference
- Height
- 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Website
- https://jimihendrix.com
- Wikipedias with a page
- 136
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1385243033
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience; the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires.
Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell) and achieved three UK top-ten hits: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most successful release and his only number-one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings. Rolling Stone wrote: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."
- Born, in its opening lines
- November 27, 1942
- Died, in its opening lines
- September 18, 1970
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