27 Club who die at 27." Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until the 1994 death of Kurt Cobain at age 27, that the idea of a "27 Club" began to catch on in public perception. According to Hendrix and Cobain biographer Charles R. Cross, the growing importance of the media—Internet, television and magazines—and the response to an interview of Cobain's mother were jointly responsible for such theories. An excerpt from a statement that
Freedom (Jimi Hendrix song) Freedom (Jimi Hendrix song) "Freedom" is a song by Jimi Hendrix first released in 1971 on the album "The Cry of Love". The song was written by Hendrix and recorded at Electric Lady Studios on June 25th, 1970. [Also released as a single, it was only one of two posthumous Hendrix singles to appear on the "Billboard" Hot 100, where it reached number 59. It is now one of the more popular songs in the Hendrix collection, and is a staple in many compilation works. It was later featured on the 1997 album "First Rays of the New Rising Sun".