
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires. Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he had formed his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell), and achieved three UK top ten hits: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most commercially successful release and his only number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27. Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began." Description above from the Wikipedia article Jimi Hendrix, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
99 acting credits
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The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Omnibus
1967

Classic Albums
1997

The UnXplained
2019

TOTP2
1994

This Is Pop
2021

Dim Dam Dom
1965

Ready Steady Go!
1963

The Top Ten Revealed
2018

Seven Ages of Rock
2007

Beat-Club
1965

70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020

McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021

Woodstock
1970

The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009

It's Black Entertainment
2002

Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018

Psych-Out
1968

Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022

Zappa
2020

The Beach Boys
2024

Monterey Pop
1968

Commercial Entertainment Product
1992

All My Loving
1968

Jimi Plays Monterey
1987

Superstars in Concert
1984

Video from Hell
1987

27: Gone Too Soon
2018

Jimi Hendrix
1973

40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024

The Day the Music Died
1977

Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013

John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014

Woodstock Diary
1994

Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010

Sound of the City: London 1964-73
1973

Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014

Dynamite Chicken
1971

Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
2024

Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
1970

Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
1969

Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
1997

Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
2020
Jimi Hendrix - On the Road - Ultimate Experience Live!
1994

The Abyss
1977

Popcorn
1969

Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
2015

Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
2004

Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
2010

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
2007

Jimi Hendrix: Experience
1968
Beat Club: The 40th Anniversary Edition
2008

Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
2014

Dusty
1994

Louder Than Rock
2023

Jimi Plays Berkeley
2003
It Must Be Dusty
1968

Rockthology 2
2004
Dee Time
1967

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
2015

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Royal Albert Hall
1969

Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
1970

Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
2002

Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019

Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
2005

Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
1999
Jimi
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Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
2019

Woodstock - Directors Cut
1994

At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
2018

Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection
2005

Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
1999

Jimi Hendrix: Room Full of Hendrix
1969

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
2010

When the Music's Over
1983

The Last 24 Hours: Jimi Hendrix
2019

Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
2008

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
2020

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Sweden
1969

Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
2000

Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
2014

Rainbow Bridge
1972

Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
2007
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
2001

Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
2004

Wake at Generation
1968

Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
2005

Participation
1971

Jimi Hendrix Live in Stockholm 1969
1969

Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
1996

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
2022

Zakk Wylde: House of Guitars 1993
1993

Lick Library Quick Licks Jimi Hendrix
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Isle of Wight: Gegengesellschaft Oder Festival-Ramsch?
1970
Jimi Hendrix: Metropolis ARTE
2010

Are You Experienced
2010

Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
2008