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Jimi Hendrix Biography and Top ten Songs
The problem with that is, I'm left handed and my father right handed and so we had to keep switching the strings about which my father moaned at. There was not a way I could take part in the guitar left handed like Jimi and so i eventually threw in the towel and decided to appreciate the guitar skills in others and focus my energy on other things.
Jimi was born on November 27th 1942 in Seattle, Washington and 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 in London, England. Jimi made success in the US when 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 as well as 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 among 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 found dead in the basement flat of the Samarkand Hotel working in london (I went to see personally on the visit) and also the cause of death was considered he had died by drowning by himself vomit after drinking dark wine and taking several sleeping pills. Situations leading upto Jimi's death still remain somewhat a mysterious and the details vary from are accountable to report.
Jimi was awarded with a Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 and holds a number of other achievements for example Melody Maker' pop musician of the season 1967 and 1968, Rolling Stone Magazines # 1 of their 100 Greatest Guitarists Ever, and also has his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
Jimi released several studio albums (some notable ones being Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Rainbow Bridge and Electric Ladyland) and it has also released several live albums (Band Of Gypsys, Isle of Wight, and Bleeding Heart to name a few). 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 has been many artists and bands who've covered Jimi's songs through the years (Solution - Purple Haze, Stone Free - Eric Clapton, Bold As Love - The Pretenders) there have been also several tribute albums released in the honor.
My Top 10 Jimi Hendrix Songs are:
01. All Along 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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