Jimi Hendrix

Actor · 1942–1970 · Seattle, Washington, USA

Biography

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.

Acted in 5

2020s

2022
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
Movie

2010s

2010
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
archive footage

1970s

1978
The South Bank Show
TV · 45 Seasons · Documentary · Talk

1960s

1968
Psych-Out
Jimi Hendrix
1965
Beat-Club
TV

Wrote 2

2000s

2007
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
Writer

1990s

1999
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
Writer

Sound 2

2020s

2024
Song to Woody: Greenwich Village, the Folk Revival, and Bob Dylan
Music

2000s

2008
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Music

Appearances85

2020s

2024
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
Self (archive footage)
75
2023
Louder Than Rock
Self (archive footage)
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
79
2021
McCartney 3, 2, 1
Self (archive footage) · 6 episodes
86
This Is Pop
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
66
2020
Zappa
Self (archive footage)
79
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
Self
Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
Self (archival footage)

2010s

2019
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
Self (Archive Footage)
The UnXplained
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
71
Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
Self
2018
At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
Self
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Self (archive footage)
27: Gone Too Soon
Self (archive footage)
52
The Top Ten Revealed
Self (archive footage) · 1 episode
2015
Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
Self (archive footage)
2014
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
Self
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
Self
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
Self
2013
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
Self - Musician (archive footage)
2010
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
Self
Are You Experienced: An Inside Look
Self

2000s

2009
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
Self (archive footage)
2008
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
Self (archive footage)
2007
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
Self - Guitar
Seven Ages of Rock
Self · 7 episodes
Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
Self
2005
Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection
Self - Guitar / Self - Vocals
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
Self (archive footage)
2004
Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
Self
Rockthology 2
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
Self
2003
Jimi Plays Berkeley
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
2002
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
It's Black Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2000
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Self