James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Read Full BioJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, 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 before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the U.S. after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the U.S.; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in utilizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "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."
Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year, and in 1968, Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, 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 before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith, who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the U.S. after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the U.S.; it was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in utilizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "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."
Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year, and in 1968, Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.
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Earth Blues
Jimi Hendrix Lyrics
Well I see hands, and I've seen tear-stained faces
Reaching up but not quite touching the promised land
Well, I taste tears and a precious year is wasted
Say lord please, send us a helping hand
(Love, love, love) lord, there's got to be some changes
(Love, love, love) gonna be a whole lot of re-arranges
(Love, love, love) you better hope love is the answer
(Love, love, love) yeah, it better come before the summer
Well, everybody can hear the sound of freedom's beating heart
Sirens flashing with earth and rockets stoning
You better love me like it's gonna be the last time
And tell the child to bury daddy's old clothes
(Love, love, love) yeah, they're talking about getting together, yeah
(Love, love, love) together for love love love
(Love, love, love) you better hope love is the answer baby
(Love, love, love) I think you better hope it comes before the summer
(Everybody) everybody
(Everybody) every sister
(Everybody) every mother
(Everybody) to feel the light
(Everybody) it's shining bright baby
(Everybody) everybody, we got to live together,(everybody) oh
Right on baby
Feel those earth blues coming at you baby
Don't let your imagination take you by surprise
A queen and me i, one day, visualise
My head in the cloud, my feet on the pavement
Don't get too stoned, please remember you're a man
(Love, love, love) lord, there's got to be some changes
(Love, love, love) people together is gonna be a whole lot of re-arranges
(Love, love, love) you better be ready, my lord
(Love, love, love) just hope love comes before the summer
(Everybody) everybody
(Everybody) got to feel the light
(Everybody) you gotta feel the light, baby
(Everybody) everybody
(Everybody) we gotta live together
(Everybody) keep it together
(Everybody) right on together
(Everybody) oh yeah
All standing together for the earth blues coming at you baby
(Love love love)
(Love love love)
Love love love, right on
Feel those earth blues coming at you
Gotta get it all out together yeah yeah
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JIMI HENDRIX
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Retro Fan
I wish I could of met him. I'm just 33. I don't use drugs but his music always gives me a euphoria. I'm not kidding when I say that after hearing his music sunsets and the like were more beautiful to me.
William Jones
I'm 66 now- Jimi influenced me to start playing guitar at 17 when he died (1970)-it was magical then, and never ceases to be for me. A spiritual man.
mjimih
i think when you channel your talent & experience into something you love to create, your inevitable result is some art most folks will like especially if you approach your work with a precocious-like honesty derived from that talent & feeling we have inside us.
Tony M
I'd rather see ya get high on music .Stevie Ray Vaughn proved after he got sober, that music is as good or better when you're straight .BTW, Retro Fan (cool handle)it's could've or could have .not could of. I'm neurotic, sorry.
bluesmahn
I know what you mean mister Rentro Fan
Trevor G Welch
Retro Fan I never used drugs and have listened to his music since 1972
Pope Cannabis Sativa THC TCHC
More Hendrix SoundboardRecordings like this NEED TO BE SHARED!!!!!!!!! ThankYou, Friend!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Awakening ́Ω`
One of the best solos I've ever heard
arthur augusto
Man Jimi was on fire but that bass was out of world, even if is a earth blues
Mac Mays
Hendrix had to be an aliean from another planet. He was absolutely transcendtal, nobody EVER like him.