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Jimi Hendrix Biography and Top 10 Songs
The problem with this is, I'm a lefty and my dad right handed and so we had to help keep switching the strings about which my father moaned at. There is not a way I could take part in the guitar a lefty like Jimi so I eventually threw in the towel and chose to appreciate the guitar skills in other people and focus my energy on other things.
Jimi was born on November 27th 1942 in Seattle, Washington and it is remembered as one of the greatest guitarists of all time (the greatest in my experience). Jimi first became famous inside the USA (his home country) and ended his career working in london, England. Jimi made success in america as he performed in the Monteray Pop Festival in 1967, he later headlined in the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Jimi had many influences to his music, including Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Curtis Mayfield and even Pete Townshend (The Who) and seemed to be influenced by his Native American heritage.
Over the years Jimi helped to revolutionize music by developing several guitar techniques (using overdriven amplifiers to produce guitar feedback), and was one of the first performers to make use of stereophonic and phasing effects in the recording studio. Jimi is also well-known for his flamboyant dress sense and stage performances.
Jimi was discovered dead in the basement flat from the Samarkand Hotel in London (I visited see personally on the visit) and also the cause of death was said to be he had died by drowning on his own vomit after drinking dark wine and taking several sleeping pills. Situations leading upto Jimi's death still remain somewhat a mysterious and also the details vary from report to report.
Jimi was awarded with a Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 and holds a number of other achievements such as Melody Maker' pop musician of the year 1967 and 1968, Rolling Stone Magazines # 1 of their 100 Greatest Guitarists Ever, and has his star around the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Jimi released several studio albums (some notable ones being Are you currently Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Rainbow Bridge and Electric Ladyland) and has also released several live albums (Band Of Gypsys, Isle of Wight, and Bleeding Heart for starters). A number of Jimi's most widely used singles were: Hey Joe, Stone Free, Purple Haze, All Across the Watchtower, Foxy Lady, Voodoo Child and Little Wing.
There have been many artists and bands who have covered Jimi's songs through the years (The Cure - Purple Haze, Stone Free - Eric Clapton, Bold As Love - The Pretenders) and there have been also several tribute albums released in the honor.
My Top ten Jimi Hendrix Songs are:
01. All Across the Watchtower 02. Hey Joe 03. Purple Haze 04. Voodoo Child 05. Crosstown Traffic 06. Little Wing 07. Stepping-stone 08. Go over Yonder 09. Izabella 10. Spanish Castle Magic
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