Hendrix left a lasting impression on the slide guitar maestro, but soon learned his calling was far from power trios ...
If you had to guess what was in Jimi Hendrix’s record collection, what might you imagine? Buddy Guy? Muddy Waters? Bob Dylan? You’d be correct with each of those responses. As Guitar Player learned ...
Although far from a traditional Blues guitarist, even Hendrix’s most psychedelic guitar solos were steeped in the Blues of Howlin’ Wolf and Buddy Guy. Tracing his career from backup musician to the ...
Jimi Hendrix's longest-owned guitar is heading to auction. Estimated to sell for between £80,000 and £120,000 (US$100,000 to $150,000), the 1951 Epiphone was owned by Hendrix longer than any other ...
Our first listen from the latest record of Jimi Hendrix music no one saw fit to release for decades is here! “Somewhere,” off of the March 5 album People, Hell, and Angels — the first compilation of ...
Tuesday, June 17 will mark the first Blu-ray release of Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle of Wight, the enrapturing film that documents the guitar legend’s August 1970 performance before ...
Jimi Hendrix changed the music world with his guitar playing in a brief but prolific four years. In iconic stature, he rivals Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones as one of rock and roll’s ...
Jimi Hendrix was born 75 years ago today. He was only 27 when he died on Sept. 18, 1970. But in that short time Hendrix irrevocably changed the electric guitar — and, with it, rock ‘n’ roll — with his ...
The guitarist had just quit a second high school before graduation and moved to Boston. During that crucial period, Lloyd ...
Winter was renowned for his fiery slide-guitar skills, and was respected and admired by blues aficionados and his musical peers, alike, as well as his own heroes. While Winter amassed an impressive ...
Ronnie Wood didn’t have to wait long to become a notable musician. Before joining The Rolling Stones, he was a teenage star in The Birds, who had some success in England, played a stolen bass in the ...