an image shows jimi hendrix covered in tattoos while riding a dune buggy.
an image shows jimi hendrix covered in tattoos while riding a dune buggy.
did a tattooed jimi hendrix ride a dune buggy?
an image purportedly showing jimi hendrix covered in tattoos while riding in a dune buggy with an unidentified woman was recirculated on social media after it was posted to the twitter account “old pics archive” on 24 october 2017:


































the tattoos featured in this photograph are fake, which doesn’t make the rock star any less of a bad-ass.


































the original photograph was taken on 6 october 1968 in honolulu, hawaii and showed hendrix, sans tattoos, riding in a dune buggy. here’s a comparison of the doctored image (left) and the original photograph (right):





































































in addition to the source photograph, the “tattoo” picture can also be debunked by the simple fact that hendrix did not have any obvious tattoos, as evidenced by a series of images taken by photographer donald silverstein that featured the guitarist without a shirt on:


































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a doctored image featuring jimi hendrix covered in tattoos was circulated on social media in october 2017.
an image purportedly showing jimi hendrix covered in tattoos while riding in a dune buggy with an unidentified woman was recirculated on social media after it was posted to the twitter account “old pics archive” on 24 october 2017: the tattoos featured in this photograph are fake, which doesn’t make the rock star any less of a bad-ass. the original photograph was taken on 6 october 1968 in honolulu, hawaii.