James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942… Read Full Bio ↴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".
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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"Dolly Dagger" Here comes, Dolly Dagger Her love so heavy gonna make you…
$20 Fine One more day feelin' this way Walkin' through it anyway Feel…
-Dolly Dagger Here comes, Dolly Dagger Her love so heavy gonna make you…
-I Lord, I had a woman Lord knows she was good to…
-I'm a Man The morning is dead And the day is, too There's nothing left…
-Little Wing Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind Tha…
...And the Gods Made Love (Instrumental)…
011 Voodoo Child Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop…
02 Machine Gun Machine gun Tearing my body all apart Machine gun Tearing m…
04-Love Or Confusion Is that the stars in the sky or is it…
048 All Along the Watchtower There must be some kind of way outta here Said the…
05-May This Be Love Waterfall Nothing can harm me at all My worries seem so very…
05. Ain`t No Telling Well, there ain't no (ain't no) Ain't no telling baby When y…
06-I Don't Live Today Will I live tomorrow? Well I just can't say Will I live…
07-The Wind Cries Mary After all jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have…
07. Dolly Dagger Here comes, Dolly Dagger Her love so heavy gonna make you…
07. the wind cries mary After all jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have…
070. Purple Haze Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
08 Crosstown traffic You jump in front of my car when you, you…
09-Third Stone From The Sun Strange beautiful grass of green, With your majestic silver …
09. Castles Made Of Sand Down the street you can hear her scream "you're a…
10-Foxy Lady Foxey, foxey You know you're a cute little heart breaker, h…
10. She`s So Fine She walks with a bell-clock round her neck So the hippies…
11-Are You Experienced If you can just get your mind together Then come on…
12 Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind T…
12 Foxy Lady Foxey, foxey You know you're a cute little heart breaker, ha…
12 Message to Love (Yeah) well, I travel at the speed of a reborn…
12 Purple Haze Purple haze, all in my brain Lately things they don't seem…
12. Bold as love Anger, he smiles, Towering in shiny metallic purple armour Q…
14 Ah yeah! There's a red house over yonder, That's where my …
14 All Along The Watchtower There must be some kind of way outta here Said the…
14 Little Wing Well she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind Tha…
16 Voodoo Child Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop…
16 Wild Thing Wild thing, you make my heart sing You make everything groo…
16-Voodoo Child Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop…
1983 Hurrah I awake from yesterday Alive but the war is here…
1983 ... Hurrah I awake from yesterday Alive but the war is here…
1983... Hurrah I awake from yesterday Alive but the war is here…
1983... II We have got to come together How long can we stay…
1983... (A Merman I ShouldTurn Hurrah I awake from yesterday Alive but the war is here…
1983...a merman i should turn to be Hurrah I awake from yesterday Alive but the war is here…
3rd Stone From the Sun The beginning vocals were slowed down but with the words…
3rd. Stone From The Sun Strange beautiful grass of green, With your majestic silver …
51st Anniversary A fifty years they've been married And they can't wait for…
6-Mannish Boy Oh yeah Ooh Everything's gonna be alright this morning Al…
7 Dollars In My Pocket Señoras y señores Damas y perros Llamando a to' los perreado…
8 Lover Man Here he comes, baby, here comes your lover man Here he…
Ain Well, there ain't no (ain't no) Ain't no telling baby When y…
Ain't That Peculiar Honey you do me wrong but still I'm crazy about…
All Alond The Watchtower There must be some kind of way outta here Said the…
All Along the Watch Tower There must be some kind of way outta here Said the…
All Along the Watchtower There must be some kind of way outta here Said the…
All Along the Watchtower (Live) There must be some kind of way out of here Said…
All Along The Watchtower [Liv There must be some kind of way outta here Said the…
All I Want The best things in life are free But you can keep…
Angel Angel came down from heaven yesterday She stayed with me jus…
Are You Experianced If you can just get your mind together Then come on…
Astro Man Here I come to save the day A little boy inside…
Auld Lang Syne Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min…
Axis Bold As Love Anger, he smiles, Towering in shiny metallic purple armour …
Axis: Bold As Love Anger, he smiles, Towering in shiny metallic purple armour Q…
Beginning "yeah well a like i said before we only ran…
Beginning Of A Jam Jimi: "yeah well a like I said before we only ran…
Beginnings If 6 Was 9 Yeah, sing the song, Bro If the sun refuse to shine I…
Belly Bottom Windows Well I'm up here in this womb I'm lookin' all…
Belly Buttom Window Well I'm up here in this womb I'm lookin' all…
Belly Button Window Well I'm up here in this womb I'm lookin' all…
Bleeding Heart Peoples, peoples, peoples You know what it means to be left…
Bleeding Heart (Live) People, people Here me go You know what it means to be…
Bleeding Heart 2 Peoples, peoples, peoples You know what it means to be left…
Blue Suede Shoes Well, it's one for the money, Two for the show, Three to…
Blues Blues Well I see hands, and I've seen tear-stained faces Reaching …
Bold As Love Anger, he smiles, Towering in shiny metallic purple armour Q…
Born Under a Bad Sign Born under a bad sign Been down since I began to…
Burning Desire Burning desire sets my soul on fire Burning desire sets my…
Burning of the Midknight Lamp The morning is dead And the day is, too There's nothing left…
Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window (Bob Dylan) He sits in your room, his tomb, with a…
Can You See Me Can you see me, begging you on my knees Woo yeah Can…
Castle Made of Sand Down the street you can hear her scream "you're a…
Catfish Well I wish I was a catfish, Swimming in, lord, the…
Changes Jimi: "Buddy Miles is goin' to do something he wrote called…
Changes (Live At The Fillmore East (December 31 Buddy miles is goin' to do something he wrote called…
Changes ) Jimi: "Buddy Miles is goin' to do something he wrote called…
Cherokee Mist (Instrumental)…
Child Well, I stand up next to a mountain And I chop…
Cocaine If you want to hang out, you've got to take…
Come Down Hard on Me Come on down hard on me baby Come on down hard…
Come On People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart,…
Come On (Let The Good Times Ro People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart,…
Come On (Let the Good Times Roll) People talkin' but they just don't know what's in my heart…
Come On Part 1 People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart,…
Come On Pt. 1 People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart,…
Come On, Part 1 People talkin' but they just don't know, What's in my heart,…
Come One People talkin' but they just don't know What's in my heart,…
Crash Landing Hey! You don’t love me , you just want me So let’s…
Cross Town Traffic You jump in front of my car when you, you…
Crosstown%20Traffic Doo, doo, do-loo-doo, doo, doo Doo, doo, do-loo-doo, doo, d…
Dance One, two, three One, two, three Ow! Do it! Alright! Uh! Go…
Day Tripper Yeah, Um ah um ah I got a good reason, for taken…
DOLLY DAGGER Here comes, Dolly Dagger Her love so heavy gonna make you…
Don Will I live tomorrow? Well I just can't say Will I live…
Don't Accuse Me Why don't you love me like you used to do? How…
Dream Hey man, take a look out the window 'n' see…
Drifter Oh, help me in my weakness I heard the drifter say As…
Drifters Escape Oh, help me in my weakness I heard the drifter say As…
Drifting Drifting, on a sea of foregotten tear drops On a life…
Earth Blues Well I see hands, and I've seen tear-stained faces Reaching …
Elctric Church Red House Yeah Yeah Yeah it's about the time we'd like to present you…
Electric Ladyland Well, I stand up next to a mountain Well, I pick…
Electric Ladyland Blues Have you ever been? Have you ever been, to Electric Ladyland…
EXP Announcer: (Mitch Mitchell) Good evening ladies and gentleme…
Ezy Rider There goes Ezy Ezy Ryder Ridin down the highway of desire He…
Ezy Ryder There goes ezy, ezy ryder Riding down the highway of desire …
Farewell Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so very much... We've got…
Fire Alright, Now dig this, baby You don't care for me I don'-a …
Fire (Live) Alright, now listen, baby You don't care for me I don'-a ca…
Fire - Live San Diego Sports Arena, May 25, 1969 Alright, now listen, baby you don't care for me i don'-a car…
Foxey Lady Foxey, foxey You know you're a cute little heart breaker, ha…
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Nikola Gugoski
Unfortunately the Voodoo child riff got copyrighted and I had to mute it. You can check it here https://cutt.ly/hvSnogI
TissuePaper
What a fucking joke, blatant abuse of the DMCA.
Danil Billshit
Don't worry, mate, it's was playing in our heads
Austin Weathersbee
That's because it was nasty as fuck! Jimi would've loved your take. Keep rippin that shit!!
clebaseballfan879
Did WWE copyright claim it due to being Hulk Hogan's entrance music?
MG
That sucks...but take that as a compliment because it must've sounded just like Jimi!
Trev Moran
It's so heartbreaking that the people who took on Jimi's estate have made it so inconvenient to access his music without claiming copyright, considering Jimi himself would be disgusted at the idea of his music being anything but free.
gredangeo
I can only assume that they want Jimi Hendrix forgotten. He won't be connected with the new generation and be a relic only known in small circles that had got to know the music before.
Duván Andrés Solis Arrieta
@ElflingHmm, I am from Colombia.
Por cierto, no habia supuesto que quizas el tono tambien se discriminando con base a la etnicidad y raza, pero quizás tengas algo de razón. Aunque, creo que es más un comportamiento usual en el internet.(Uf hace tiempo no escribo comentarios en español)
Elfling
@Duván Andrés Solis Arrieta Ok cool, thanks for that input. Btw, can I ask you, Are you latin american or spanish? Or is that not your name? If you don't wanna answer you don't need to. Oh, You're right on that, that was exactly what I was trying to explain here after my first comment, that everybody's judgement of others' words can be faulty, but it seemed more fun to just tell me repeatedly that I'm angry, go figure, people are quick to judge online sometimes. I notice, as have others around me, that sometimes latinos get taken as "wrongfully" "passionate" by non-latinos when we talk online, when it's just the way we communicate, that's why I asked of you, plus I just like seeing spanish names online, not sure if you'd agree with that, some I know do. Anyways, it's a shame that my point in my first comment was forgotten lol, I thought I had something interesting to say but nobody gave a crap and just preferred to shit on me haha, bummer!