jimi hendrix

Jimi Hendrix is the Seattle born guitarist who rose to fame in the sixties, and is regarded by many as the greatest to ever pick up an axe.

Hendrix's run at the top was a short one — he released just four albums before his death in 1970. Three of these — Are You Experienced?, Axis: Bold As Love, and Electric Ladyland — were made with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell in his best known band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The fourth was a live album recorded with Band Of Gypsys, a trio consisting of Hendrix, bassist Billy Cox, and drummer Buddy Miles.

Hendrix's brief career was book ended by legendary performances at the Monterey and Woodstock festivals. His musical peers at the time — from Eric Clapton to Miles Davis — universally hailed him as the greatest guitarist alive. Since his death, Hendrix's legacy has lived on with a seemingly endless string of posthumous releases and tribute tours. He has also influenced subsequent generations of musicians, including everyone from Carlos Santana to Eddie Van Halen.

Today, Hendrix remains as relevant as ever in the blogosphere, where musicians, fans, and critics alike continue to analyze his every note.

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• Hendrix in Hounslow High Street

  
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  Artist’s impression of the Jimi Hendrix Experience arriving at the Ricky Tick music venue in Hounslow High Street In the Sixties and Seventies, West London was the epicentre of Rock n Roll. Not only were many of the musicians born in the area, many of the legendary venues and studios were to be found here too. ...
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• The WOW Files: Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis And Paul McCartney Almost Formed A Supergroup In 1969

  
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  Documentation recently surfaced that reveals guitarist Jimi Hendrix, jazz icon Miles Davis, and Beatles god Paul McCartney came within a hair of recording music together in 1969 along with Davis’s drummer Tony Williams.   FACT recently published a story which shows the two telegrams that explain everything.  In ...
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• Hendrix And Davis Almost Formed A Super Band

  
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  LONDON – In 1969, jazz legend Miles Davis and guitarist virtuoso Jimi Hendrix almost formed a super band with then Beatles member Paul McCartney. The duo sent McCartney a
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• Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney And Miles Davis: The Supergroup That Almost Happened

  
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  It’s been known for a while that Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis had plans to record together, which never came to fruition due to Hendrix’s untimely death, but thanks to an unearthed telegram, it’s been revealed that the duo, along with jazz drummer Tony Williams , asked one Sir Paul McCartney to step in as ...
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• Blue McCartney Experience: The Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney and Miles Davis-Supergroup that never was…

  
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  Im Hardrock Café in Prag hängt ein Telegram von Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis und Tony Williams an Paul McCartney, die den Beatle für die Aufnahme einer Platte haben wollten. Wäre wahrscheinlich die interessanteste Supergroup aller Zeiten geworden, kam aber leider nie zustande. The telegram, sent on October 22 1969, ...
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• Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis almost formed a supergroup with Paul McCartney

  
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  Eat your heart out Asia, this would have been the supergroup to beat. Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis had it in mind to start jamming together and, according to Rolling Stone , the two, along with jazz drummer Tony Williams, wanted to tap bassist and world-renowned legend Paul McCartney for the group. On ...
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• Jimi Hendrix Wanted to Create a Supergroup With Paul McCartney, Miles Davis

  
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  Filed under: News , Holy Hell LONDON (AP) - Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrixs sudden death in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass ...
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• Preview: Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings

  
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  Jake Shimabukuro is the Jimi Hendrix of the UkuleleWall Street JournalJake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings (Friday - PBS, 9pm) - Jazz and rock critics have likened Mr. Shimabukuro (shee-mah-boo-kuh-roh) to such icons as Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, comparisons now unfurled like Homeric boilerplate wherever his ...
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• Morning Music Notes – The Most Super of Them All

  
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  What Might’ve Been: The Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis Supergroup This is what was sent to Paul McCartney from Jimi Hendrix on October 21, 1969 by telegram (it had some minor spelling errors), “We are recording and LP together this weekend. How about coming in to play bass stop call Alan Douglas ...
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• Usher to Curate Music for Macys July 4th Fireworks Show in NYC

  
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  Filed under: Soul/R&B , R&B News NEW YORK (AP) - Usher will be the spark for Macys 4th of July fireworks show. The Grammy-winning singer will collaborate with Macys Inc. to curate the concept, music and design for the fireworks, which will be launched from barges off Manhattan. Its the first time ...
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• Live from FEI 2013: Passion for Work

  
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  Todd Henrys session started with him asking for permission to get "touchy feely." With a resounding, "Yes!" from the crowd the session began... Hmm...did you know Jimi Hendrix started by opening for the Monkees? Well, as you can imagine it didnt work out. We didnt start out as kids saying "we want to be yes-men, we ...
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• Miles Mosley: All Bass “Purple Haze”

  
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  One of the first videos we ever shared on No Treble was Miles Mosley’s incredible cover of Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child”. Miles is back with a new Hendrix cover, this time performing “Purple Haze”, with some help from drummer TonyAustin.
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• SPOT Festival 2013 – A Look Back

  
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  SPOT Festival 2013 – Day 1 – countless shows and a great time! You know that feeling when you’re confronted with a delicious and overflowing buffet of food and you stuff yourself? SPOT festival is like that, but with music. There are over 120 official acts to choose from and countless off-SPOT showcases, bands ...
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• Before the world knew his name

  
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  In 1965 guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was doing the chitlin circuit with R&B acts, where he honed some of the guitar artistry as well as the showman skills that would soon set the world on fire. Heres a taste of that pre-rock star Jimi, as a member of the Buddy and Stacy revue, doing the Junior Walker classic ...
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• A Slice of SoHo at the Sunset Marquis

  
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  It’s been three months now since Morrison Hotel Gallery opened for west coast business in the lobby of the Sunset Marquis . The co-owners of the flagship gallery in New York’s SoHo district spent a great deal of time looking for the right “foot traffic” location here in LA. When you add in the historic ...
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• The Walking Dead

  
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  What can I say, if you like graffiti and “The Walking Dead” TV series then you should love this wall!?! The piece is entitled “Dead and Buried” and it was recently created by Kemef Inc, Gnasher and The Goat – I’ll think you’ll agree that it’s an amazing collaboration of some very talented artists and ...
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• Noel Gallagher Watches Temples In London

  
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  Noel Gallagher attended Temples gig at London venue The Lexington last night (April 29), where he told NME that hed been looking forward to seeing the trippy-sounding Kettering band for some time, but wishes it had been in a different venue than the small, cramped upstairs room of a pub. "Its not really music that ...
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• Harmonic Blue - Villa Borghese

  
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  Harmonic Blue - Villa Borghese 2012, MondoTunes Harmonic Blue is the coming together of Zach Field, Gabe Bustos, Anthony Ajluni and Sam Balcom, for very distinctive musicians with varying musical backgrounds.   This unsung super group creates some of the most lushly crafted pieces of musical experimentation ...
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• Hey Joe

  
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  Does this little tune from 1962 ring a little bell? Good. Move over Jimi, and let Niela take over. This is the one and only original, you dig. Nielas boyfriend Billy Roberts borrowed and rewrote it and the rest, as they say, is history. Niela Miller - Baby Dont Go To Town
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• Richie Havens, Rest in Peace

  
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  Richie Havens passed away on April 22, 2013. Rest in peace, Richie Havens. Dear Richie, Richie Havens The loss of your bright shining heart and soul from our world is a shock.  I realized that I had seen you perform four times.  More than I have seen any other nationally touring performer. I first saw you ...
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