JIMI HENDRIX

Real name : James Marshall Hendrix
Date and Palce of Birth : Seattle, 27 November 1942
Style of playing : Blues & Rock
Group Band : Jimi Hendrix Experience, Band of Gipsy, The Velvetones
Musical influenced by : Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Holly, dan Robert Johnson
The used guitar : Fender Stratocaster
Effect : Vox Clyde McCoy wah pedal, Roger Mayer Octavia, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face

Born with the name Johnny Allen Hendrix then became James Marshall Hendrix by his father, James “Al” Hendrix. Jimi, in his childhood often pretends to be a guitarist after watching the show of B. B. King.
He used ukulele as the guitar. Looking this, then his father bought him a second hand guitar priced 5 dollar when he was 16 years old. He joined his first band, The Velvetones which only for 3 months. In the next summer, his father bought him an electrick guitar Supro Ozark 1560 S and then he joined with the band The Rocking Kings.
In 1961, he left Englang for United States and became one of United States Armies. However he got an accident while skydiving which made him was failed to be a soldier. Thenceforth he started becoming a guitarist with the name Jimmy James. Here, he met Little Richards and then create his own band named Jimmy James and The Blue Flames.
In the first 1965, Jimi played for the small event in Greenwich Village. In the simple jam session with the bassist of the group Animal, Chas Candler, Chandler was very impressed by looking at Jimmi's playing. So, a year later he asked Jimmi back to London and create their band with the drummer was Mitch Mitchel. Chas Candler himself prefer being a manager than bassist, he gave his position to Noel Redding. The band was named Jimi Hendrix Experience and started being an issue in Londong for a long 1966.

The first single, Hey Joe was successly being Top UK Charts for 10 weeks. Looking this good enthusiasm, Jimi his friends released the album Are You Experienced? soon. With Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary, Foxey Lady, Fire, dan Are You Experienced? in the next, this album was the most popular rock all the live. Besides, the album became very phenomenal which blowed up the name of Jimi Hendrix. Everytime he had the show he got hundreds even thousand of audience.
The success of his first album made him finished his next album soon, Axis: Bold As Love in 1968. in this album he tried hard to explore his playing of guitar. He then bach to United States for building his studio named Electric Lady Studio where was located in New York.
On August 1969, Jimi Hendrix appeared in one of the biggest music event of America, Woodstock. At that time he didn't use the name Experience, but with Gypsy Sun & Rainbows which also had Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Juma Sultan, dan Jerry Velez.
His name was becoming more popular as the number one guitarist of the world. All the spectators who watched his playing of guitar were so impressed. He showed his solo guitar action with wild stage appearance like using his teeth in playing the guitar, burned the guitar, played the feedback, distortion, and another actions in damaging guitar.
After that he created a new group named Band of Gipsy and released the album d Hendrix: Live At The Fillmore East in 1999. a year later he created Jimi Hendrix Experience again and finished the album named First Rays Of The New Rising Sun. However a tragedy made him couldn't get his outcome of his hard work and his album. On September 18th 1970, he was founded dead. Beside of his body lied some sleeping pills. The police said that he was dead because of being over dose. His last show before dead was with a band from America named War in Ronnie Scott’s club, London.
No one can't deny that he was the pioneer and the biggest inspirator in playing guitar which developed in 20th century. His works became a reference for the begginer guitarists even for master guitarists.
He was who created tricks for playing electrick guitar as Feedback and distortion which were finally used by all guitarists in the next period. It is uncountable how many guitarists who made him as their big influence in music. The name as Brian May, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ritchie Blackmore, Steve Lukather, Eric Clapton, Slash, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, dan Steve Vai were only a few of influenced guitarists by him. Not only in playing the guitar but also his songs as Little Wing, Voodo Child, dan Red House were being the songs which most often sung lively or in records. In every voting or polling in magazines, he always be the Greatest Guitarist All the time.