Jimi Hendrix Park opened on June 17, 2017. The park's opening was introduced by the Bellevue School of Rock playing "Purple Haze". The park was funded by various city funds and donations from the Nisqually Tribe and Janie Hendrix, sister of Jimi Hendrix. The park is only the fourth public memorial to Hendrix in Seattle, the others being a plaque in Woodland Park Zoo, a bust in his high school's library, and a privately funded sidewalk statue. Jimi Hendrix Park Jimi Hendrix Park is a park in Seattle, Washington named in honor of musician Jimi Hendrix, who was from Seattle. The park was
Death of Jimi Hendrix band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was leaving. Cox, who had been suffering from severe exhaustion and was exhibiting symptoms of paranoia, mutually agreed with Hendrix that they should suspend their plans to collaborate musically. When Altham asked Hendrix: "Do you feel any kind of compulsion to prove yourself as King Guitar", Hendrix replied: "No, I don't even let that bother me. Because they say a lot of things about people that, if they let it bother them, they wouldn't even be around today ... King Guitar now? Wow, that's a bit heavy." Altham also suggested that Hendrix invented psychedelic music,