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Date of Birth
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27-November-1942
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Place of Birth
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Seattle
(King County, United States of America, Washington, Area code 206, Salish Sea Marine Sanctuary)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Jimmy Hendrix, Jimi Henriks, Jimy Hendrix, ジミ・ヘンドリックス, Jimi Hendricks, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmi Hendrix, Hendrix, Jimmie Henderix, James Marshall Hendrix, Johnny Allen Hendrix, Hendrix, Jimi, Buster, John Allen Hendrix, Jimi, James, James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix, James Hendrix, Maurice James, Jimmy James, Jimmy, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, James Marshall Hendrix, Johnny Allen Hendrix, Jimmy James, Johnny Allen "Jimi" Hendrix, James Marshall Hendrix, Johnny Allen Hendrix
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Profession
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Singer, Musician, Record producer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Artist, Music Producer, Entrepreneur, Military Officer, Composer
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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. Despite a brief mainstream career spanning 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 instrumentalist 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 afterwards, 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.
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