Genres: Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Psychedelic, Acid Rock, Album Rock, Psychedelic Soul Active: 60's, 70's Born: November 27, 1942 in Seattle, WA
Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, T-Bone Walker, The Yardbirds, The Impressions, Bob Dylan, Cream, Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Reed, Bo Diddley, Lonnie Mack, Little Walter, Freddie King Eric Clapton, Santana, Jeff Beck, Miles Davis, The Who, Jimmy Page, Sly & the Family Stone, The Allman Brothers Band, Buddy Miles, Robin Trower, Funkadelic, Roy Buchanan, Blue Cheer, Moby Grape, Joe Satriani, Prince, Curtis Mayfield, The Animals, Beck, Bogert & Appice Sting, Scene Killer, Rush, Steve Vai, King's X, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Satriani, Johnny Winter, Spirit, The James Gang, Ernie Isley, ZZ Top, Blues Saraceno, Jeff Healey, The New Mastersounds, Queen, Derek & the Dominos, T. Rex, Mountain |  |
In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced astral-quality feedback and roaring distortion. His frequent hurricane blasts of noise and dazzling showmanship -- he could and would play behind his back and with his teeth and set his guitar on fire -- has sometimes obscured his considerable gifts as a songwriter, singer, and master of a gamut of blues, R&B, and rock styles.
When Hendrix became an international superstar in 1967, it seemed as if he'd dropped out of a Martian spaceship, but in fact he'd served his apprenticeship the long, mundane way in numerous R&B acts on the chitlin circuit.
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