biography
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Hendrix, Jimi
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popular name of James Marshall Hendrix
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1942–70)
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| biography:
| Rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, born in Seattle, Washington, USA. He learned basic blues licks as a sideman for Little Richard and the Isley Brothers. After his 1965 discharge from the army, he explored electronic tricks on his guitar at ear-splitting amplitude, to which he added stage gimmicks, playing behind his back or with his teeth. Discovered by Chas Chandler (1938– ), who took him to London, he formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with Noel Redding (1945– ) and Mitch Mitchell (1947– ). The band's first single, ‘Hey Joe’, was an immediate British success, and his adventurous first album, Are You Experienced?, was an unexpected international success which paved the way for other psychedelic and experimental rock acts. He died after taking barbiturates and alcohol. |
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