- Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter.
- Name at birth: Johnny Allen Hendrix
- On September 11, 1946, James Marshall Hendrix became Jimi's official name.
- Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1942.
- Jimi Hendrix is considered the greatest electric guitarist in musical history
- Parents: James Allen "Al" Hendrix and Lucille Jeter.
- Jimi's astrological sign is Sagittarius.
- Jimi's height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
- Hendrix was influenced by blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper.
- Jimi was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992
- Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top guitarist on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time in 2003.
- Hendrix was a devout fan of Bob Dylan.
- Jimi Hendrix got his first guitar at the age of 15.
- Jimi's childhood nickname was Buster.
- Hendrix claims that his music is called electric church music because he claims music is a religion.
- On September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix died in London.
- A Fender Stratocaster guitar is carved on Jimi Hendrix's tombstone.
JIMI HENDRIX - QUOTES
"I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."
"Sorry for the tune up between time, but what the hell, cowboys are the only ones who stay in tune, anyway..."
"We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some little thing in their minds... Cause there are so many sleeping people."
"Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel."
"I don't really live on compliments. As a matter of fact, they have a way of distracting me. I know a whole lot of musicians, artists out there who hears the compliments and thinks 'wow, I must have been really great' and so they get fat and satisfied and they get lost and forget about their actual talent and start living in another world."
