Jimmy Hendrix Essay Research Paper Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Hendrix Essay, Research Paper

Jimi Hendrix was one of the most influential musicians in music history. Jimi

Hendrix was one of the most exciting and creative guitar players ever. He mixed

Blues and Rock & Roll together to create some of the most unique music ever

played. Jimi had only four years of fame, but unlike others, has become even

bigger in the 20 years after his death. Jimi?s parents, Al Hendrix and Lucille

Jeter got married in Seattle, Washington on March 31, 1942. Soon after Johnny (Jimi)

Allen Hendrix was born in Seattle on November 27, 1942. Al and Lucille got

divorced in December, 1951, because of Al?s drinking problems. Al was granted

custody of Jimi and his two brothers, Leon and Joseph. Shortly thereafter,

Lucille Hendrix died of tuberculosis. Jimi did not attend her funeral because

his father would not allow it and he had no way to get there. Unfortunately

financial problems caused the brothers to be separated. Joseph was adopted and

Leon was in and out of foster homes. As a young boy, Jimi loved to listen to his

fathers Jazz and Classic Blues records. In Jimi?s teenage years, he listened

to Rock & Roll and R & B songs on the radio. Al quickly encouraged

Jimi?s love for music by buying him a $5 acoustic guitar. With practice, Jimi

was soon playing songs off the radio and playing in local bands. In 1960, Jimi

quit high school. After a few problems with the law, he joined the Army. He

became a paratrooper, but was discharged after seven months because he broke his

ankle. Starting in October of 1962, Jimi went off to pursue his musical career.

Jimi was a pick-up guitarist for artists Little Richard, The Isley Brothers and

Sam Cooke. In 1966, Hendrix formed a band and elected to sing for the first

time. They had a regular spot in Greenwich Village, New York City. One night

Chas Chandler, the bass player for the Animals, saw Jimi and his band perform.

After the performance, Chandler was overwhelmed, he asked Hendrix if he would go

to London with him. That was the turning point of his career. On September 24,

1966, Jimi arrived in London. There he held auditions for a bass player and

drummer. After auditions, Jimi chose Noel Redding on bass guitar and Mitch

Mitchell on drums. The JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE was formed on October 6, 1966.

Three weeks later they recorded their first single, Hey Joe. It was released to

the public at the end of the year. By February, Hey Joe was the number 4 song on

the singles list. Jimi Hendrix was one of the hottest musicians in Britain. Soon

there after, Jimi wrote and recorded Purple Haze and The Wind Cries Mary, both

of which were huge hits. Then in May of 1967, Jimi released his first album, Are

You Experienced?, which was in second place on the charts the whole summer. Also

in May, they started studio recordings of Jimi?s next album Axis : Bold As

Love. Finally, Jimi debuted in America at the Monterey Pop Festival in

California on June 18, 1967. Some consider this Jimi?s best live performance.

He ran through and played all of their hits before the grand finale, when he

torched his guitar before smashing it on stage. Now not only was Jimi popular in

Britain, but in America as well. On December 1, 1967, The Jimi Hendrix

Experience released their new album, Axis: Bold As Love. In just a few weeks

Axis : Bold As Love was in the top twenty and rising. On January 21, 1968, Jimi

started recording his first song, All Along The Watchtower ,for his next album,

Electric Ladyland. Jimi worked on Electric Ladyland the entire summer of 1968

and completed in on August 27, 1968. The Spring of 1969 was a rough one. Jimi

was arrested at Toronto International Airport for possession of heroin and had

to pay $10,000 bail. Soon there after, The Jimi Hendrix Experience disbanded.

Noel Redding left for England and was replaced by Jimi?s old army buddy, Billy

Cox. Mitch Mitchell left also, but soon returned when Jimi formed his new band,

Band of Gypsies . Jimi and his new band went to the Woodstock Music and Art Fair

in August 1969. The apex of this performance was his playing of the Star

Spangled Banner. This song was a meaningful, and compelling statement during the

height of civil rights and the Vietnam War. Jimi took some time off from

planning albums to tour Europe. A week into the tour, bass player, Billy Cox got

sick and was taken back to London to recover. On Thursday, the 17 of September,

Hendrix stayed in London with his girlfriend, Monica Dannemann. That night, Jimi

took some sleeping pills with the idea that he would sleep through the next day.

Then go back to the U.S. after that weekend. Friday morning, his girl friend

awoke and saw that he had vomited during the night, but was breathing okay. Saw

no reason to be alarmed. Later, when she tried to wake him again; he was still

unconscious and she quickly called the ambulance. Jimi was ta

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