James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, 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.
Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he had formed his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell), and achieved three UK top ten hits: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most commercially successful release and his only number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in 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."
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Filmography (Movies)
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
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Release Date:12/10/2024
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
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Release Date:09/08/2024
The Beach Boys
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Release Date:21/05/2024
Louder Than Rock
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Release Date:28/04/2023
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
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Release Date:08/09/2022
Zappa
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Release Date:27/11/2020
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
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Release Date:20/11/2020
Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
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Release Date:20/11/2020
The Last 24 Hours: Jimi Hendrix
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Release Date:29/01/2019
Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
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Release Date:01/01/2019
At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
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Release Date:01/06/2018
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
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Release Date:30/03/2018
27: Gone Too Soon
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Release Date:26/03/2018
Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
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Release Date:23/10/2015
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
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Release Date:04/09/2015
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
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Release Date:28/11/2014
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
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Release Date:29/07/2014
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
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Release Date:06/04/2014
Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
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Release Date:10/01/2014
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
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Release Date:04/11/2013
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
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Release Date:18/09/2010
Jimi Hendrix: Metropolis ARTE
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Release Date:16/09/2010
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
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Release Date:05/08/2010
Are You Experienced
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Release Date:09/03/2010
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
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Release Date:29/11/2009
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
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Release Date:09/12/2008
Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
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Release Date:05/05/2008
Beat Club: The 40th Anniversary Edition
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Release Date:01/01/2008
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
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Release Date:16/10/2007
Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
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Release Date:21/02/2007
Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
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Release Date:01/10/2005
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
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Release Date:13/09/2005
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
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Release Date:30/06/2005
Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
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Release Date:08/09/2004
Rockthology 2
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Release Date:26/08/2004
Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
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Release Date:01/01/2004
Jimi Plays Berkeley
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Release Date:03/11/2003
Jimi Hendrix: Live At The Isle Of Wight - Blue Wild Angel
Character:Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Release Date:12/11/2002
It's Black Entertainment
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Release Date:08/02/2002
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
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Release Date:01/10/2001
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
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Release Date:01/07/2000
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
Character:Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Release Date:06/07/1999
Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
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Release Date:06/07/1999
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
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Release Date:22/01/1997
Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
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Release Date:22/10/1996
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
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Release Date:15/02/1996
Woodstock Diary
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Release Date:14/08/1994
Woodstock Directors cut
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Release Date:01/07/1994
Dusty
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Release Date:02/05/1994
Jimi Hendrix - On the Road - Ultimate Experience Live!
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Release Date:01/01/1994
Zakk Wylde: House of Guitars 1993
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Release Date:01/05/1993
Commercial Entertainment Product
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Release Date:24/11/1992
Jimi Plays Monterey
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Release Date:16/10/1987
Video from Hell
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Release Date:28/02/1987
Superstars in Concert
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Release Date:01/01/1984
When the Music's Over
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Release Date:14/06/1983
The Day the Music Died
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Release Date:01/01/1977
Jimi Hendrix
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Release Date:14/06/1973
Sound of the City: London 1964-73
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Release Date:01/06/1973
Rainbow Bridge
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Release Date:01/03/1972
Dynamite Chicken
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Release Date:20/01/1971
Participation
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Release Date:01/01/1971
Isle of Wight: Gegengesellschaft Oder Festival-Ramsch?
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Release Date:12/12/1970
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
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Release Date:03/09/1970
Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
Character:Self - Vocals, Guitar
Release Date:31/05/1970
Woodstock
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Release Date:26/03/1970
Popcorn
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Release Date:16/11/1969
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
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Release Date:06/07/1969
Jimi Hendrix: Room Full of Hendrix
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Release Date:22/04/1969
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Royal Albert Hall
Character:Self (Guitar and Vocals)
Release Date:24/02/1969
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Sweden
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Release Date:09/01/1969
Jimi Hendrix Live in Stockholm 1969
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Release Date:09/01/1969
Monterey Pop
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Release Date:26/12/1968
All My Loving
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Release Date:03/11/1968
Wake at Generation
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Release Date:07/04/1968
Psych-Out
Character:Jimi Hendrix
Release Date:06/03/1968
Jimi Hendrix: Experience
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Release Date:01/01/1968
Television Appearances
McCartney 3, 2, 1
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This Is Pop
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70 Years of Youth Revolt
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The UnXplained
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The Top Ten Revealed
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Seven Ages of Rock
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Classic Albums
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TOTP2
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The Dick Cavett Show
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It Must Be Dusty
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Omnibus
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Dee Time
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Beat-Club
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Dim Dam Dom
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Ready Steady Go!
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