Guitar god and hippie icon Jimi Hendrix – DW – 11/27/2017
Nov 27, 2017 · Hendrix's wild show included smashing and burning a guitar. As the "Los Angeles Times" put it, Jimi left the stage having "graduated from rumor to legend."
Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock: the solo heard around the world
Dec 18, 2024 · A look into the chaos of Woodstock 1969, and how Jimi Hendrix summed up the chaos of the late 1960s with his guitar solo take on 'The Star-Spangled Banner'
The Religion and Political Views of Jimi Hendrix - Hollowverse
It might be natural to identify Hendrix with hippies, and then stretch to today's liberals. But he might have been a bit conservative in today's political climate. Hendrix really thought music was the answer to anything and everything from religion to politics to race relations.
How Jimi Hendrix stopped being black - CNN
Oct 18, 2014 · Yet no film has explored another twist in Hendrix’s journey: How black and white audiences misunderstood the importance of Hendrix’s race, both to the man and to his music.
Inside The LC: The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon …
Jun 13, 2009 · On July 2, 1967, guitarist extraordinaire Jimi Hendrix played the Whisky and reportedly blew the roof off the place (figuratively speaking, that is). Shortly thereafter, he moved into Peter Tork’s house in Laurel Canyon.
Patriotism or protest? Army vet Jimi Hendrix had the 'most …
On Aug. 18, 1969, former soldier Jimi Hendrix, resplendent in bright red headband, white fringed shirt and bell-bottom blue jeans, unfurled what has been called the cultural moment of the 1960s...
Jimi Hendrix's psychedelic takeover of SF's Golden Gate Park
Jul 5, 2022 · Jimi Hendrix placed his guitar in the front seat and then proceeded to sit in the back. Despite being the hottest new act in popular music on that summer day — June 25, 1967 — he was...
Woodstock: When Festival Style Still Had a Political Spirit - GQ
Aug 13, 2019 · Hendrix’s style, and the hippie style it came from, is one of America’s most mimetic, but it was also one of the first moments at which clothing was intrinsic to the politics and social...
How did Jimi Hendrix string his guitars? - Far Out Magazine
Nov 5, 2024 · Soaking up inspiration both from the swinging sixties era of the city, in addition to the growing body of counterculture hippie music rising from his home nation, the guitarist pioneered a distinctive psychedelic sound that was unlike anything audiences had heard prior.
Inside The LC: The Strange but Mostly True Story of Laurel Canyon …
May 13, 2008 · Jimi Hendrix, who reportedly briefly occupied the sprawling mansion just north of the Log Cabin after he moved to LA in 1968, died in London under seriously questionable circumstances on September 18, 1970. Though he rarely spoke of it, Jimi had served a stint in the U.S. Army with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell.