Jimi Hendrix
– Born November 27, 1942, Seattle, Washington. Hendrix
is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential
guitarists in rock music history with the Rolling Stone magazine
naming him number 1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists
of All Time in 2003. The first Jimi Hendrix Experience album,
Are You Experienced, was released in the United Kingdom on
May 12, 1967. With tracks like "Hey Joe/Stone Free",
"Purple Haze/51st Anniversary" and "The Wind
Cries Mary/Highway Chile" it seemed destined to be No
1 except for The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band prevented it from reaching the No. 1 spot on the UK charts.In
the early morning hours of September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix
was found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel
at 22 Lansdowne Crescent in London, the day before Hendrix
died, Eric Clapton had found and purchased a left-handed Stratocaster
guitar; he had planned on giving it to Hendrix, and was devastated
when he learned he would never get the chance. Hendrix was
sohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_hendrix - _note-7 prolific
a recording artist in is short life that he left behind more
than 300 unreleased recordings. The Hendrix picture disc that
are available include the following;
“ELECTRIC LADYLAND” –
“AXIS OUT-TAKES” – “HEY JOE RADIO
ONE” – “HUSH NOW” – “INDIANA”
– “LAST NIGHT” – “LIVE AT L'OLYMPIA
PARIS” – “LIVE IN COPENHAGEN” –
“LOST YOUNGBLOOD TAPES” – “RED HOUSE”
– “THE RAINBOW BRIDGE CONCERT” – “IN
FROM THE STORM” – “WOKE UP THIS MORNING
AND FOUND MYSELF DEAD”
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