JIMI HENDRIX: November 27th, 1942- September 18th 1970

[Jcrowley]

Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Allen Hendrix on November 27th, 1942, in Seattle (his name was changed to James Marshall Hendrix four years later). He acquired his first guitar at age 16 and joined a group, the Rocking Kings, a year later. Following an abortive stint in the Army, he hit the road with a succession of club bands and as a backup musician for such rhythm & blues artists as Little Richard, the Isley Brothers, Jackie Wilson, the Impressions and Sam Cooke. In 1966 he was discovered by Chas Chandler, the former Animals bassist, while performing at New York's Cafe Wha? with his group, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Chandler became Hendrix's manager and brought him to England, where he absorbed the nascent psychedelic movement, changed the spelling of his first name "Jimi" and formed a trio with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded three landmark albums - Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland - in a year and a half. Hendrix's theatrical, incendiary performances at the Monterey Pop and Woodstock festivals, including the ceremonial torching of his guitar at Monterey, have become part of rock and roll legend. Under extreme pressure due to a combination of nonstop work, sudden celebrity and drug-taking, the trio broke up in early 1969. Hendrix commenced work on a projected double album and debuted a new trio, Band of Gypsies, at the Fillmore East on New Year's Eve 1969. Hendrix performed his last concert at the Isle of Fehmarn, Germany on September 6, 1970 (though he joined Eric Burdon and War on stage on September 16 at Ronnie Scott's in London). On September 18, he died from suffocation, having inhaled vomit due to barbiturate intoxication.

In the wake of Hendrix's death, a flood of posthumous albums - everything from old jams from his days as an R&B journeyman to live recordings from his 1967-1970 prime to previously unreleased or unfinished studio work - hit the market. There have been an estimated 100 of them, including Voodoo Soup (1995), an attempt to reconstruct First Ray of the New Rising Sun - the album Hendrix was working on at the time of his death - from tapes, notes, interviews and song lists.

http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=130

http://www.jimihendrix.com/

[bridgit]

1. have i got a you tube for you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNRwCPMRGYE :headbang:

[QuestionAll...]

2. and Janis.

[bridgit]

3. yup...

:headbang:

[Ptah]

9. I'm so old,

I was in basic training when she died.

: old man with cane:

[MzNov]

12. oh the memories. thanks for this.

glad I popped over to DL, was getting a little roughed up over at GD.

:hide:

[Ptah]

13. The lounge is good.

Where else can you find the truth?


For example, the secret part of the Shuttle Mission.



Can you hear that truth in GD? NO



Can you hear it in Late Breaking News? NO


The Shuttle Atlantis was sent to the Sun.


Yes, THE SUN!




No, we're not going at night.




Ok, we now switch to the control room of The Mission To THE Sun.

[bridgit]

19. love me some Crumb too...

:hi:

[Jcrowley]

6. Oh Yeah

Words cannot say.

Thanks.

[bridgit]

17. cheers...

:toast:

[Ptah]

8. Sometimes I hate du.

Ive been downloading that youtube video.

Since I'm on du (dial-up) it will probably be
another thirty minutes until I have it all.
Thanks for the link, brigit.

Patient Ptah
:hi:

[bridgit]

18. it is a big one, friend, but boy is it worth is...

:hug:

[Ptah]

22. it is a big one, friend

:spray:

And worth the wait.

:hi:

[QuestionAll...]

4. and Grace.

[Zomby Woof]

5. RIP Jimi

I used to make a pilgrimage to his grave in Renton, WA at least once a year. He lived with such an intensity of creativity and energy, and was a humble, gentle soul underneath the flamboyant persona. He will always have a place in my Eternal Rock Pantheon.

Golden rose, the color of a dream I had... not too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too
Never to grow old...

[livetohike]

21. Was only there once in 1982.......

We stopped at the office to ask directions to the grave site. My husband told the manager that we were looking for the grave of a friend :-).

I heard lots of music while I sat next to Jimi's grave...and Golden Rose was one of the songs I heard. :cry:

RIP Jimi, I miss you.

[Ptah]

7. There are so many here that weren't alive when

There are so many here that weren't alive when we lost Jimi. A short recap:



From Wikipedia { http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Hendrix }
"Hendrix sought to combine what he called "earth", a blues, jazz, or funk driven
rhythm accompaniment, with "space", the high-pitched psychedelic sounds created by
his guitar improvisations. He also integrated instruments rarely used in rock, such as the
harpsichord, recorder, and glockenspiel. As a record producer, Hendrix was also
an innovator in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas: he was
notably one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects during the
recording process. Hendrix was also an accomplished songwriter whose compositions
have been performed by numerous artists."

[Floogeldy]

10. He has been, and always will be, my idol.

[Floogeldy]

11. Correction to the article.

Actually, Jimi was a paratrooper in the Air Force.

:)

[Ptah]

14. Wikipedia says Army:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_hendrix

Military Service

After getting into trouble with the law over a stolen car, Hendrix traded a
two-year jail sentence for enlistment in the U.S. Army and was stationed at
Fort Campbell, Kentucky. At the post recreation center, he met fellow soldier
and bass player Billy Cox, and forged a loyal friendship. The two would often
play with other musicians at venues both on and off the post as a
loosely organized band named The Kasuals.

After less than a year he was discharged for "behavior problems." For decades,
Hendrix's statement to reporters that he received a medical discharge after breaking
his ankle during a parachute jump was perceived as fact, but his discharge papers
(uncovered in 2005) reveal that he was deemed an incompetent soldier,
more interested in his guitar than in his duties.<2>

The 2005 biography Room Full of Mirrors by Charles Cross claims that Hendrix
faked being homosexual in order to be discharged. According to Cross, Hendrix
was an avid anti-communist and did not leave the Army as a protest to the Vietnam War,
but simply wanted out so he could focus on playing guitar.


:shrug:

[argyl]

15. "Are You Experienced?" most influential debut album ever or just most

influential album period? Anyone who's played since has been influenced by his work, whether they know or acknowledge it or not.

First time I ever heard him I thought it was the most godawful noise I'd ever heard.Hell, it was like nothing I'd ever "experienced." I got tuned in to him completely shortly thereafter though.

The music scene in London in the late 60's must have been exhilarating.Lennon,Jagger,Richards,Jones,Beck,Townshend,Page,and Clapton,and Hendrix all playing for or observing each other on any given night. And Jimi listened,learned,and with his own genius redefined the way the electric guitar would be played from the release of "Are You Experienced?" to the present.

He was twenty seven when he died and hadn't even hit his full stride. One can only wonder what he would have accomplished if he'd lived.

I was fortunate enough to have seen him a number of times in concert.Thirty six years later and I can still get choked up thinking about Jimi.

[saged52]

16. are you experienced?

sat on my front porch and listened to the album this evening (I have an old turntable stationed next to my antique rocker...) there was a war then - there is a war now -
yes, Jimi, we are experienced -
wish there were more like you -

[Robeson]

20. You are missed, Jimi...

...music lost much, when we lost you. RIP....:toast: