Jimi Hendrix

The unlikely tour, Jimi Hendrix opens for The Monkees

20 Years Ago Today, the World Lost the “First Black Hippie,” the Psychedelic Rock Pioneer Who Helped Pave the Way for Jimi Hendrix and The Doors

Musician Flawlessly Shreds a Slap-Style Cover of Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze' on a Chinese Pipa

Steve Hillage: Gong, shamanism, dance music and Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix Smashed Guitars When They Had 'Nothing Left', Says His Roadie: 'I Squeezed Every Note and Every Sound That Guitar Was Ever Going to Give Me'

Modern guitarists get criticised for smashing guitars, but Jimi Hendrix was celebrated for doing so – here's why he did it, in his own words

“He placed my fingers on the fretboard and shouted, ‘Grab the whammy bar…’ With his hands free, Jimi wrapped the towel I’d given him around his waist and dropped his trousers”: When Jimi Hendrix’s tech had to play his guitar after a wardrobe malfunction

When Jimi Hendrix’s tech had to play his guitar after a wardrobe malfunction

“I remember one really beautiful Fender Stratocaster – I watched in horror as he destroyed it during the encore”: Jimi Hendrix's roadie explains why the icon smashed his guitars

Why Jimi Hendrix smashed guitars

“I got so into the feedback coming out of the amps, I started smacking the guitar with my fist.” Jimi Hendrix’s roadie claims in his new book that he played guitar for him at his biggest show. A recording from the event says otherwise

Jimi Hendrix’s roadie claims in his new book that he played guitar for him at his biggest show. A recording from the event says otherwise

“That’s one thing I don’t like… It’s a completely different scene”: Jimi Hendrix never understood why people pitted him against Eric Clapton

Jimi Hendrix never understood why people pitted him against Eric Clapton

My wild tour with Jimi Hendrix: ‘He was a lunatic and a gentleman’

“Around 4am, Jimi decided we should do some playing – fortunately, I had my Guild with me. It ended up as Voodoo Child”: How Jefferson Airplane's Jack Casady wound up recording one of Jimi Hendrix's greatest studio jams

“I thought it was a bit of a mistake — a hype, really.” Eric Clapton on Chas Chandler’s misstep with Jimi Hendrix — and why he “fell in love with him” anyway

Jimi Hendrix Plays "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" for The Beatles, Just Three Days After the Album's Release (1967)

“Bad stuff”: The 1970 song that made Jeff Beck worry about Jimi Hendrix

The one instrument that made Jimi Hendrix’s truly ‘Little Wing’ legendary: “Genius”

“Mitch has finally got the intro and then… crash! It's Brian Jones from the Rolling Stones. He stumbles in, and he's out of his mind!”: Inside the chaotic sessions that produced Jimi Hendrix's classic rendition of All Along the Watchtower

59 years ago: Jimi Hendrix left the Monkees tour after just 7 shows

Why Jimi Hendrix Left The Monkees Tour After Just Eight Shows in 1967

Jimi Hendrix's Iconic 1969 Performance of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' Changed Music Forever

Jimi Hendrix (1973)

5 Jimi Hendrix Songs That Prove 1967 Was The Best Year Of His Career

The 1967 Jimi Hendrix song about loving music more than women: “I wish I could caress”

Misattributed Jimi Hendrix Quote is on the Empire State Building

Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland (1997)

The man Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix crowned the “best guitar player of a generation”

Jimi Hendrix's 'Angel': The Heartfelt Story Behind His Timeless 1971 Ballad

ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons on the night his teenage band supported Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix's 'If 6 Was 9' features one of the best drum solos in rock history

8th St. christened ‘Jimi Hendrix Way’ in all-star ceremony honoring guitar hero

“You got a lot of nerve.” Billy Gibbons played “Purple Haze” onstage while opening for Jimi Hendrix. The guitar legend’s response changed everything for the future ZZ Top leader

“He felt bad, we felt terrible.” Micky Dolenz on the worst tour match-up in rock history: the time Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees

Exhibition featuring unseen Jimi Hendrix archive material praised as ‘surreal’

How Jimi Hendrix recorded Purple Haze – on a guitar he'd never played before

“That’s why he sounded like that — and that’s why we couldn’t crack the code!” Joe Walsh on Jimi Hendrix and the simple reason his sound and style were a mystery to his guitar

Electric Lady Studios’ Street is Now ‘Jimi Hendrix Way’

Bullets, bikers and burnout: the story of Jimi Hendrix's last gig

Jimi Hendrix Way: Music Legends & New York Locals Gather In The Village To Celebrate Street Renaming

John Anthony represents SRU at ‘Jimi Hendrix Way’ unveiling in NYC

NYC Street Named for Jimi Hendrix After 56

A Street Called Jimi Hendrix Way

New York City Declares West 8th Street as "Jimi Hendrix Way"

New York’s Famed West 8th Street to Be Co

Exhibition celebrating Jimi Hendrix opens on the Island

Exhibition celebrating Jimi Hendrix opens on the island

David Henderson, Innovative Poet and Hendrix Biographer, Dies at 83