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