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It was a ritual that would symbolise Hendrix’s esoteric allure, but the first night he did it, the incendiary act was quickly ...
How Jimi Hendrix got his first electric guitar. Jimi Hendrix’s Aunt Ernestine noted her nephew’s passion for music at an early age, and often urged his father Al to help foster the talent.
"It was a pivotal moment for my sound," Jimmy Page has said of when he met electronics wizard Roger Mayer at Surbiton, a ...
Jimi Hendrix’s first real electric guitar was stolen. Eventually, as a teenager, Hendrix was able to get his hands on a 1957 Supro Ozark, his first-ever electric guitar.
Jimi Hendrix was born in 1942 in Seattle. His first touch and introduction with music was when he found an old ukulele which only had one string left. Later on, he bought his first guitar, which ...
If so, how’s this for a classic rock reality check: The late, great Jimi Hendrix, front man for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, would’ve been 70 years old this year.
A look at the wah-wah pedal, its history and how Jimi Hendrix perfected its use in one of his best-known and best-loved songs.
Jimi Hendrix said he was a better guitar player than he was – yet this Telecaster icon often remains overlooked. ... who served as Chicago's lead guitarist for the first decade of their existence.
And yet, on Monday 29 May 1967, history was made when the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and The Move performed there to eager fans. By luck or foresight, Barbeque 67 set the tone ...
The annual event celebrates the art and legacy of Jimi Hendrix with an all-star line-up of guitar heroes — just a few of the names included on this edition are Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Zakk Wylde ...