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Jimi Hendrix
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Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix is a classic rock artist from United States formed in 1966. 88 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

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88
Releases
1967–1970
Active years
1966
Formed
1970
Died

Discography

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Electric Ladyland

2010 · 16 tracks

Singles & EPs

13

Live & compilations

23

Credits

1

Records Jimi Hendrix worked on for other artists — the roles are as credited on each release.

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Honors

3
  • UK Music Hall of Fame

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    UK Music Hall of Fame

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  • Hollywood Walk of Fame

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    Hollywood Walk of Fame

    • 1991 · star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Grammy Awards

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    Grammy Awards

    • 1992 · Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

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Jimi Hendrix at a glance

Born in
Seattle
From
United States
Active since
1965
Instruments
guitar, kazoo, glockenspiel, voice
Voice
baritone
Member of
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, Band of Gypsys
Labels
MCA Inc., Reprise Records
Educated at
Fort Campbell, Garfield High School
Partner
Devon Wilson, Linda Keith, Kathy Etchingham, Lithofayne Pridgon
Parents
Al Hendrix, Lucille Hendrix
Siblings
Leon Hendrix

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About

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 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 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".

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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.

On screen

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Acting roles

As themselves

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Jimi Hendrix in brief

How many Jimi Hendrix releases are on Riffiter?
88 releases are catalogued, spanning 1967 to 2025.
When was Jimi Hendrix formed?
Jimi Hendrix formed in 1966, in United States.
What genre is Jimi Hendrix?
Jimi Hendrix is catalogued under Classic Rock, Rock, Blues.
What is the most recent Jimi Hendrix release on Riffiter?
Bold As Love, released in 2025.
What awards has Jimi Hendrix won?
Jimi Hendrix has 3 award wins on record, including UK Music Hall of Fame (1×), Hollywood Walk of Fame (1×), Grammy Awards (1×).

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