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TIMASIAHS JIMI HENDRIX SITE!!!!
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hendrixs Life
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Born November 27, 1942 in Seattle, he swallowed something that didn't agree with him and died September 18, 1970 in London. One of the pioneers of controlled guitar feedback and distortion, Hendrix taught himself guitar as a teenager by listening to records by Muddy Waters, B. B. King, Chuck Berry and Eddy Cochran.
He played in High School bands before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1959 and was discharged in 1961 after parachuting injuries. After moving to New York in 1964, Hendrix played behind the likes of Sam Cooke, B. B. King, Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, the Isley Brothers and Curtis Knight.
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In 1965 Hendrix used an old pseudonym and formed Jimmy James and the Blue Flames to play Greenwich Village Coffee Houses. It was here he was 'discovered' by Chas Chandler of the Animals and taken to London in 1966. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was created with Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. 'Hey Joe', the Experience's first single reached No. 6 on the UK charts in 1967, followed closely by 'Purple Haze' and their debut album. Hendrix was not seen in the U.S. until June 1967 when, at Paul McCartney's insistence, the Experience appeared at the Moneterey Pop Festival, climaxing by Hendrix burning his guitar.
The spotlight always seemed to be on Hendrix which was causing tension within the Experience. Hendrix was also under pressure from Black-Power advocates to form an all-black group and play to black audiences. The problems came to a head early in 1969 when Redding left the group to form Fat Mattress, he was replaced by an old Army buddy of Hendrix, Billy Cox. Mitchell stayed on briefly but by August the Experience was no more.
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Hendrix appeared at Woodstock with an informal group called the Electric Sky Church and later that year put together the all-black Band of Gypsies with Cox and drummer Buddy Miles, formerly of Electric Flag. The Band of Gypsies debut concert was at New Yorks Fillmore Fast on New Years Eve, 1969; it provided the recordings for the group's only album 'Band of Gypsies'. During the band's Madison Square Garden gig, Hendrix walked offstage halfway and when he performed again some months later it was with Mitchell and Cox. That combination recorded 'Cry of Love', Hendrix's last self-authorised album, and played at the Isle of Wight Festival, his last concert, in August, 1970. One month later Jimi Hendrix was dead.
It's ironic that with hundreds of Hendrix and associated releases, only 6 were authorised by Hendrix and released. They were: 'Are You Experienced', 1967 'Axis, Bad as Love', 'Electric Ladyland', 1968, 'Smash Hits', 1969 'Band of Gypsies', 1970 and 'The Cry of Love', 1971.
Since his death the thousands of hours of recordings were put to vinyl, some faithfully, some with the obvious intent of profit. Whatever recording you have, the genius of Jimi Hendrix cannot be denied.
THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO THE MAN HIMSELF AND TO ALL THE LOVERS OF HENDRIX
MAINLY ONE COOL CHICK INDEED
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