Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27th, 1945 in Seattle Washington. He was an inspirational and cultural icon. Hendrix is lauded by music fans and critics alike as the most influential and talented electric guitarist in rock music history.

Jimi Hendrix was a self-taught musician. He was left handed but played a right handed Fender Stratocaster guitar that he turned upside down and restrung to suit his personal preference. Jimi Hendrix first received worldwide fame in 1967 when he played in the Montery Pop festival, then headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival before his sudden death in 1970 at the age of 27.

Hendrix was one of the first musicians to combine blues, jazz and funk rhythms with high pitched psychedelic sounds created by his guitar improvisations. He would also integrate instruments rarely used in rock such as the harpsichord, glockenspiel and recorder. As a record producer himself, Hendrix was an innovator in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas: he was notable one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects during recording processes.

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