Jimi+Hendrix

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Jimi Hendrix was known by many as one of the most creative musicians of his time. Jimi Hendrix brought something new to the use of the electric guitar. Hendrix style was something new; Jimi created a new musical form. Jimi and his band “The Jimi Hendrix Experience” were known for their different, psychedelic sound. Jimi Hendrix was born as Johnny Allen Hendrix was born November, 27, 1942 in Seattle. In 1949 Al Hendrix changed his sons name to James Marshal Hendrix. As a child Jimi took interest in music; he received his first acoustic guitar at the age of fifteen. Jimi Hendrix dropped out of school and played in two bands one named “The Rocking Kings” and the other “The Tomcats” while working odd jobs. Hendrix enlisted in the United States Army in 1961 and trained at Fort Ord in California to become a paratrooper. Even as a soldier, he found time for music, creating a band named The King Casuals. Hendrix served in the army until 1962 when he was discharged due to an injury. When Hendrix left the army he continued to work with music. He played backup for Sam Cooke little Richard and some other performers. In 1966 Hendrix formed his own band “The Jimi Hendrix Experience”. The bands first single “hey Joe” which was followed by other hits like “purple haze” was released in 1967. The band’s first album “Are You Experienced” was also released in 1967. In 1967 the Monterey pop festival was held and Hendrix won over the audience with his performance. Jimi Hendrix and his band had a very different sound; the band’s sound was blues, rock, soul, funk, and pop all blended together to make a sound new and never heard before. Hendrix changed the musical world. In 1969 the Woodstock music and arts festival was held. Hendrix preformed in the Woodstock festival; some have even called his performance nothing short of excellent. Though Jimi Hendrix was famous and had many fans he was thought to be depressed. Manic depression was a song he wrote but, the song seems to have more meaning than most people paid attention to. Jimi Hendrix mother died when he was 15 and, while his mother was alive she and Hendrix father had many fights. The constant arguing mixed with her death was the start of Jimi Hendrix depression. As Jimi Hendrix got older he used music to ease the pain then later turned to drug use. Jimi Hendrix said “All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland.” Hendrix style wasn’t just another type of music to him it was a way of life; he played what he felt. The style Jimi Hendrix invented decades ago is still being imitated today.

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=military = jimi Hendrix enlisted i the army may 21 1961. Hendrix was found riding around in stolen cars, this got him in trouble with the law. he was given the option of going to prison for two years or to join the U.S. army. jimi served in the army for one year. jimi was a poor solider he did things like sleep while on duty, he had to be watched constantly, he paid regulations no mind, and he showed little skill. Jimi’s commanding officer requested he b discharged after only one year for these reasons. Hendrix did not protest at this suggestion he was relieved to be leaving. Hendrix didn't speak much about his experience but he did tell reporters the reason for him leaving the army was a broken ankle and that he was leaving on a medical discharge.

the jimi Hendrix experience chase chandler was the basest in the band the animals, when he was done playing in the animals he became the manager of the jimi Hendrix experience. chandler liked jimis version of the song “hey Joe” so he took Hendrix to London and signed him to a management and production contract.chandler helped jimi put a band together. the members of the band were noel Redding as the bassist and Mitch Mitchel as drummer Chandler was also the one that changed the spelling of Jimmi’s name form jimmy to jimi. the jimi Hendrix experience first album “are you experienced” was first released in the United kingdom on may 12 1967. the band toured the UK and some of Europe. the band was a hit in the UK but not yet in the U.S. the Montgomery international festival finally got Hendrix and his band noticed in the U.S. the jimi Hendrix experience continued getting more popular in the U.S after this event.

Woodstock Woodstock was a very big music festival held in Bethe New york. there was bad weather and long delays at the festival. the delays at Woodstock caused Hendrix performance to be pushed to Monday the next morning. this late in the festival most of the crow had left the number of people went from over 500,000 people to about 180,000 people. the name of the band that jimi preformed with was gypsy sun and rainbows. when the band was introduced as the jimi Hendrix experience jimi corrected the announcer. jimi preformed for 2 hours, this was the longest performance of his career. the most memorable part of Hendrix performance was his electrified version of the “star spangled banner”. some have even said Woodstock belonged to Jimi Hendrix. after the festival Hendrix was asked why he played the star spangled banner and his reply was “ Oh,because we're all Americans.We're all Americans ,aren't we? It was written and played in a very beautiful, what they call beautiful state. Nice inspiring ,you heart throbs and you say, "great I'm American."But nowadays when we play it, we don't play it to take away all these greatness that America is supposed to have. We play it the way the air is in America today. The air is slightly static, isn't it?...

The death of jimi Hendrix September 18 1970 jimi Hendrix died; Hendrix was 27 when he passed.The cause of death was drugs. Earlier that day Hendrix seemed fine to everyone. Before his death Hendrix was at a party and, was later picked up by Monika Dannemann and taken back to her hotel. Hendrix died a few hours after midnight according to autopsies. Monika claimed that Hendrix had taken 9 of her prescribed sleeping pills while the normal dose was only to b half a pill. John Bannister was the doctor that attended to Jimi Hendrix. According to Dr.Bannister Hendrix had smothered in his own vomit. When paramedics arrived at 11:27 am Hendrix was dead on the scene.