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Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrum ... entalist in the history of rock music". Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, 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 before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "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, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US. The double LP was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27. Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in developing the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music 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." Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year and in 1968, Billboard named him the Artist of the Year and Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time. See more [+]

All Along the Watchtower |||||

"There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker...

Hey Joe |||||

Hey Joe, where you goin’ with that gun in your hand? ...

Little Wing |||||

WELL SHE'S WALKIN' THROUGH THE CLOUDS WITH A CIRCUS MIND THA...

The Wind Cries Mary |||||

After all the jacks are in their boxes And the clowns have a...

Voodoo Child |||||

Well, I stand up next to a mountain And i chop it down with ...

Purple Haze |||||

Purple haze all in my brain Lately things don't seem the sam...

1983 A Merman I Should Turn To Be |||||

Hurray, I awake from yesterday Alive, but the war is here to...

Bold As Love |||||

Anger! He smiles towering shiny metallic purple armor. Queen...

All Along The Watch Tower |||||

There must be some kind of way out of here Said the joker to...

Angel |||||

Angel came down from heaven yesterday Stayed with me just lo...

Foxy Lady |||||

I wanna take you home,haha, yeah I won't do you no harm You'...

Purple Haze |||||

Se estiver algum erro me descupe, essa è a primeira mùsica q...

My Friend |||||

Spoken during intro-"You all pass me that bottle. I'll sing ...

Wild Thing |||||

Wild thing, you make my heart sing, you make everything yea...

Little wing |||||

Now she's walking through the clouds With a circus mind That...

Firepile |||||

This is him When I, when I, I begin Call him tied call him...

All Along The Watchower |||||

There must be some kind of way out of here, Said the joker ...

Axis Bold As Love |||||

Anger, he smiles, towering in shiny metallic purple armour Q...

One Rainy Wish |||||

Gold and rose the color of the dream I had not too long ago....

Taking Care Of No Business |||||

Laying in the alleyway Maybe some rich fool will come my way...

The Everlasting First |||||

Ever since the first time I laid eyes upon you You don't kno...

Bleeding Heart |||||

(intro) Q.=57 12/8 (guitar I) ~ ~ ~~ E E E Q S S S S S S S...

Gypsy Blood |||||

1st Part: 00:00 – 00:13. ========= -Ifyhard ...

If 6 was 9 |||||

-2--2--2--4---0--0--5--7--9-11--12---14- -2--2--4--4---2--0-...

If Six Was Nine |||||

-7 -8 +8 +9 +8 -8 -7 -7 -6 +6 If the su----n re-fuse to shi-...

Litle Wing |||||

- Ok, here is most of little wing by Hendrix, if you can mak...

May This Be Love |||||

And Waterfall again / slide up \ slide down ...

1986 A Merman I Should Turn To Be |||||

Hurray, I awake from yesterday Alive, but the war is here to...

A Merman I Should Turn To Be |||||

That is it pretty much, the solo is tough, haven't gotten th...

Come On |||||

T T T T before the solo ^turn on your wah with the pedal al...

Gypsy Eyes |||||

Well I realize I've been hypnotized All right ...

Got The Blues |||||

I'll hope you enjoy!. Musical Greetzz Marco ^_^ ...

Freedom |||||

Bridge Riff full bend Part of the solo section (2:13 on cd) ...

Fire |||||

You don't care about me And I don't care about that Let me s...

Crosstown Traffic |||||

You jump in front of my car when you, you know all the time,...

Country Blues |||||

And then you can repeat and mix it up. Thats the basic parts...

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