Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix, possibly the greatest guitarist in rock history changed the sound of rock. In 1967 The Jimi Hendrix Experience rocked the nation with their first album Are You Experienced?. Hendrix had a short life because of drugs in 1970 when he was only 27 years old. In a few years, rock and roll changed a lot and Jimi's guitar playing was a big influence.
Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle Washington on November 27, 1942. When he was just a kid he would play along with his R&B records whenever he could. He didn't always like to play music though, he always had wanted to be in the army. In the late 1950's Jimi joined the 101st airborne division, but he had a back injury doing a jump and got a medical discharge. That's when he decided to have a musical career. By this time he had already become a pretty good guitar player, And is now the greatest known guitar player ever.
Jimi started out playing backup for smalltime R&B groups. Soon some of the......

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