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Hendrix  (film) Hendrix (film) Hendrix is a 2000 biographical television film directed by Leon Ichaso about the life of Jimi Hendrix. It stars Wood Harris as Hendrix. It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for editing in 2001.
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Jimi Hendrix When his mother became sick from alcoholism, Hendrix was sent to live with relatives in Berkeley, California. When his father returned from Europe in 1945 he took back Hendrix, divorced his wife, and renamed him James Marshall Hendrix. When Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic guitar.In 1959 Jimi dropped out of high school and enlisted in the U.S. Army, but soon became disenchanted with military service.hen his mother became sick from alcoholism, Hendrix was sent to live with relatives in Berkeley, California. When his father returned from Europe in 1945 he took back Hendrix, divorced his wife, and renamed him James Marshall Hendrix. When Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic guitar.
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Biography Mini Bio (1). Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al Hendrix, was off fighting in World War II.hen his mother became sick from alcoholism, Hendrix was sent to live with relatives in Berkeley, California. When his father returned from Europe in 1945 he took back Hendrix, divorced his wife, and renamed him James Marshall Hendrix. When Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic guitar.
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- Dave Hunter. |. 05.01.2008. The gear used by Jimi Hendrix, and the glorious sound he produced with it, is shrouded in more myth and mystery, and remains more evocative of tonal magic, than that of any other player in the history of the electric guitar.
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Biography Overview (5) Mini Bio (1) Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al Hendrix, was off fighting in World War II.
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James Marshall Hendrix Jimi Hendrix, born Johnny Allen Hendrix at 10:15 a.m. on November 27, 1942, at Seattle’s King County Hospital, was later renamed James Marshall by his father, James “Al” Hendrix.
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Easy Rider Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper play Captain America and Billy, journeying cross-country on their motorcycles, using a drug deal in Los Angeles to finance a trip to Mardi Gras. The drug is cocaine (sold to a dealer played by rock producer Phil Spector), but their drug of choice is marijuana.
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Jimi Hendrix dies of overdose in 1970 (Originally published by the Daily News on September 19, 1970. This story was written by Henry Maule.) London, Sept. 18 - Jimi Hendrix, whom millions of fans considered the world's finest pop star, died today of what police sources said was an apparent overdose of drugs.
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Prince (musician) In 1949, Audie Murphy saw Hendrix on the cover of a magazine and asked to meet her. They were married on February 8, 1949, but the marriage was short-lived; they divorced on April 14, 1950. It is said that he gave most of his 24 medals to youngsters.
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What was Jimi Hendrix's real name? What was Jimi Hendrix's real name? His name at birth, November 27, 1942, was Johnny Allen Hendrix. His dad, Al Hendrix, renamed him to James Marshall Hendrix on September 11, 1946.
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Prayers for Richard The Little Richard whose protégé, Jimi Hendrix, would later say that he wanted to do with his guitar what Richard did with his voice. This was the freak, the circus showman, the vamping diva, the Holy Ghost.
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Jimi Hendrixâs Guitars and Gear 1957 Supro Ozark 1560s. This was Hendrix’s first ever electric guitar. According to some sources [Jimi Hendrix Gear, by Michael Heatley, p.9] he got it from his father who bought it in the Myers Music Shop in Seattle in 1959 for $89.
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Jimi Hendrix On June 4, 1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their last concert in London before going to America. In America many famous people came to see Hendrix play including Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Brian Epstein. The album reached number two in the UK charts.
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- The Messy Afterlife of Jimi Hendrix. Legendary rocker Jimi Hendrix would have turned 70 years old this week, had he not died decades ago at age 27. We take a look at the controversy still surrounding his estate. Though Jimi Hendrix died more than 40 years ago, the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death and the valuable estate he left behind – including reservoirs of unreleased music – means his name has hardly gone out of the news in all the years since.
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Jimi Hendrix  (1973) Movie Info. Jimi Hendrix was one of the most prodigiously gifted electric guitarists in rock music history, leaving behind a remarkable body of work after his death in 1970. Jimi Hendrix combines live footage of Hendrix in concert with interviews with Hendrix's friends and contemporaries. Also known as A Film About Jimi Hendrix.
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Jimi Hendrix discography Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter whose career spanned from 1962 to 1970. His discography includes the recordings released during his lifetime. Prior to his rise to fame, he recorded 24 singles as a backing guitarist with American R&B artists, such as the Isley Brothers and Little Richard. Beginning in late 1966, he recorded three best-selling studio albums and 13 singles with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. An Experience compilation album and half of a live album recorde
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- This one was a rare left-handed model, and to ice that cake, it was once owned by Jimi Hendrix.\nThe alleged provenance is this: the guitar was given by Hendrix to his adopted sister Janie, who married Earth, Wind and Fire/Commodores guitarist Sheldon Reynolds.omanek’s resume in 1986 was the thinnest of the bunch but he won a bunch of awards for videos in the 1990s for Nine Inch Nails, En Vogue and Madonna and eventually broke into feature film, directing the critically lauded Robin Williams vehicle One Hour Photo and the Kazuo Ishiguro adaptation Never Let Me Go.
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Jimi: All Is by My Side Photos OutKast's André Benjamin stars as Jimi Hendrix in this revealing biopic from Academy Award-winning writer-director John Ridley (12 Years A Slave).
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Jimi Hendrix â 10 of the best 1. 51st Anniversary. Jimi Hendrix introduced himself to the world in December 1966, when he turned Hey Joe, a Los Angeles garage rock standard that had been a hit for the Leaves, into a murder ballad with some wild guitar pyrotechnics.
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Yngwie Malmsteen Seven-year-old Yngwie watched in awe as Hendrix blasted the audience with torrents of feedback and sacrificed his guitar in flames. The day Jimi Hendrix died, the guitar-playing Yngwie was born. Yngwie Malmsteen’s career has spanned over 40 years with over twenty albums to his name. Drawing influence from classical composers such as Bach, Paganini, and Vivaldi, Yngwie is responsible for birthing the neo-classical genre to the world of rock.
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Jimi Hendrixâs âStar-Spangled Bannerâ: The Epitome of the Countercultural Experience In the time span of his musical career Jimi Hendrix played the “Star-Spangled Banner” many times, but his most notable performance of the national anthem was at Woodstock. His solo performance encapsulated the nexus of the 1960s counterculture.
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Jimi Hendrix Hendrix's left-handed playing on a guitar made for right-handed people made him popular. His first proper concert was with a small band without a name, playing in a Synagogue. He later joined a band called The Velvetones.
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Hendrix and Woodstock: 10 Little Known Facts about the Performance That Defined the '60s WORCESTER, Mass. – Forty years ago, on Aug. 18, 1969, legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the stage at the Woodstock, N.Y., Music Festival and embarked upon an uninterrupted set lasting nearly two hours--one of the longest performances of his career.
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Play Misty for Me Play Misty for Me. Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The original music score was composed by Dee Barton. In the film, Eastwood plays the role of a radio disc jockey being stalked by an obsessed female fan.
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Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good' Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'. On the morning of 21 September 1966, a Pan Am airliner from New York landed at Heathrow, carrying among its passengers a black American musician from a poor home. Barely known in his own country and a complete stranger to England, he had just flown first class for the first time in his life.
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Billy Cox Billy Cox. For the American baseball player, see Billy Cox (baseball). William Billy Cox (born October 18, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix. Cox is the only surviving member of Jimi Hendrix's three main bands, including the original Experience lineup (which did not include Cox); he was in the Band of Gypsys and afterwards the Cry Of Love (a.k.a.