Jimi Hendrix
Most sources report that as a young journeyman player, Jimi Hendrix slept with his guitar. Certainly, no performer of his era demonstrated a greater intimacy with his instrument. His virtuosic prowess cowed some of the most gifted guitarists of his era. Mike Bloomfield, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band’s lead player and the soloist on Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” said after witnessing one early Hendrix gig in New York, “I didn’t even want to pick up a guitar for the next year.” Eric Clapton, who let Hendrix sit in with his band Cream during its rise to fame, recalled, “He walked off and my life was never the same again, really.” Jeff Beck, leader of his own influential group after a groundbreaking... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Genre:
- Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Psychedelic
- Birthdate:
- 11/27/1942
- Death date:
- 09/18/1970
