Jimi Hendrix
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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.
Filmography
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Series
TOTP2
Self (archive footage)
1994
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
Classic Albums
Self (archive footage)
1997
Series
The UnXplained
Self (archive footage)
2019
Series
Seven Ages of Rock
Self
2007
Series
Dim Dam Dom
Self
1965
Series
Ready Steady Go!
Self
1963
Series
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage)
2021
Series
The Top Ten Revealed
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
Himself
1989
Series
Beat-Club
1965
Film
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Dusty
Self (archive footage)
1994
Film
Woodstock
Self
1970
Film
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
2020
Film
Psych-Out
Jimi Hendrix
1968
Series
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage)
2020
Series
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Dynamite Chicken
Self (archive footage)
1971
Film
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2002
Film
Commercial Entertainment Product
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
Film
Rockthology 2
Self (archive footage)
2004
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2013
Film
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Self
2000
Jimi
Self (archive footage)
Film
Rainbow Bridge
Self
1972
Film
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self (archive footage)
2009
Film
Jimi Plays Monterey
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
27: Gone Too Soon
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Self (Archive Footage)
2019
Film
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Monterey Pop
Self
1968
Film
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
Self
2020
Film
Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
1973
Film
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Self
2014
Film
Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
Self
2004
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
Self (archive footage)
2015
It Must Be Dusty
1968
Film
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
Self - Guitar
2007
Film
Jimi Plays Berkeley
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
2003
Film
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Self
2014
Film
Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
Self (archival footage)
2020
Film
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection
Self - Guitar / Self - Vocals
2005
Film
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Self
2008
Film
Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
Self - Vocals, Guitar
1970
Film
All My Loving
Self
1968
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
1999
Film
Superstars in Concert
Self
1984
Film
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
archive footage
2010
Film
Sound of the City: London 1964-73
Self
1973
Film
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
Self
1970
Film
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
Self
1996
Film
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
2022
Film
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Self
2014
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
Self
2001
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Experience
Self
1968
Film
The Day the Music Died
Self (archive footage)
1977
Film
Popcorn
Self
1969
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
2010
Film
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
Are You Experienced
Self
2010
Film
Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
Self
1996
Jimi Hendrix: Metropolis ARTE
Self
2010
Film
When the Music's Over
Self (archive footage)
1983
Film
Woodstock Diary
Self
1994
Film
The Abyss
Self (archive footage)
1977
Film
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
Self
1969
Film
Louder Than Rock
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
Self
2015
Film
At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
Self
2018
Dee Time
1967
Film
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
2002
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
Self
2019
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Room Full of Hendrix
Self
1969
Film
Video from Hell
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
Self
1999
Film
Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
Self (archive footage)
2005
Film
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
Self
2010
Film
Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
Self
2007
Film
Wake at Generation
Self
1968
Film
Zakk Wylde: House of Guitars 1993
Self
1993
Film
Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
Self
2014
Film
Jimi Hendrix Live in Stockholm 1969
Self
1969
Beat Club: The 40th Anniversary Edition
Self (archive footage)
2008
Film
Lick Library Quick Licks Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
The Last 24 Hours: Jimi Hendrix
Self (archive footage)
2019
Jimi Hendrix - On the Road - Ultimate Experience Live!
Self
1994
Film
Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
Self
2004
Film
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Royal Albert Hall
Self (Guitar and Vocals)
1969
Film
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Sweden
Self
1969
Isle of Wight: Gegengesellschaft Oder Festival-Ramsch?
Self
1970
Film
Participation
Self (archive footage)
1971
Film
Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
Self (archive footage)
2008