Jimi Hendrix is one of the most iconic figures in the history of music. Regarding his ancestry, Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington and came from African American, Irish, and Cherokee bloodlines. In 1961, he enlisted in the United States Army becoming part of the “Screaming Eagles” paratroop division. He was granted honorable discharge due to an injury he suffered during a parachute jump.
By the end of 1965, Jimmy had played with some important celebrities like Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, the Isley Brothers, and Little Richard. But he moved to England in 1966 and there is when his career took a major jump from unanimity to become a major rock star. Within months, Hendrix earned three UK top ten hits with his album Experience with themes like “Hey Joe”, “Purple Haze”, and “The Wind Cries Mary.” Jimi Hendrix’s meteoric rise to fame took place in just four years.
Jimi Hendrix achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. A major performance in Hendrix’s career was at the Woodstock festival in 1969 playing his version of “Star Spangled Banner.” Then Jimi Hendrix built his own recording studio in New York City. The name of this project became the basis for his most demanding musical release, a two LP collection, Electric Ladyland which reached number one in the US. The Rolling Stone magazine ranked his three studio albums among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix himself as the greatest guitarist ever. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes Hendrix as the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.
Hendrix was a lefty, which at the time was a major impediment to play guitar and also he was unable to read or write music. Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. As a child, Jimmy Hendrix used to play with a broom wood stick. And probably his father got very concerned about little Jimmy playing with a wood stick so he got him an old one-string ukulele for five dollars . Later on, his father purchased Jimmy his first electric guitar, a Supro Ozark 1560S.
Hendrix could be called the Nicola Tesla of music because Hindrix was in fact a music innovator. He introduced mankind to a new dimension of music. Hendrix’s innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in developing the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. In addition, he helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings.
Here in the US there are many fanatics of the so called conspiracy theories, but for some strange reason, people have never taken the chance on Jimi Hendrix death. Hendrix died at the age of 27 and there are many contradictory statement about his death. The media has widely promoted the idea that Hendrix died from a heroin overdose but Hendrix didn’t consume heroin at all. It is not crazuy to think Hendrix was assassinated because of his affiliation to the black panther party. Probably the FBI targeted Hendrix under the infamous CoIntelPro assassination program. Indeed, Jimmy Hendrix legacy goes beyond just his music. Hendrix, like Mohamed Ali, was a leader to a new powerful emerging youth movement that dreamed about achieving peace for the world.
One of Hendrix most important messages to mankind was; “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace”.
And now, a poem dedicated to the greatness of the master Jimmy Hendrix.
LISTEN TO THE ANGELS’ CALL
More powerful than a nuclear bomb
stronger than any army of the world
my spirit is freedom
my voice is joy.
My gift is only for those
who take the challenge to love
your dreams have no limits
let the music share it with all.
Open your eyes
and find the unknown
your heart has the answer
just listen to the angels’ call.
Let your fingers play
the melody of hope
we all are children
singing at the same tone.
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Jimi Hendrix: Listen to the Angels’ Call
Jimi Hendrix is one of the most iconic figures in the history of music. Regarding his ancestry, Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington and came from African American, Irish, and Cherokee bloodlines. In 1961, he enlisted in the United States Army becoming part of the “Screaming Eagles” paratroop division. He was granted honorable discharge due to an injury he suffered during a parachute jump.
By the end of 1965, Jimmy had played with some important celebrities like Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, the Isley Brothers, and Little Richard. But he moved to England in 1966 and there is when his career took a major jump from unanimity to become a major rock star. Within months, Hendrix earned three UK top ten hits with his album Experience with themes like “Hey Joe”, “Purple Haze”, and “The Wind Cries Mary.” Jimi Hendrix’s meteoric rise to fame took place in just four years.
Jimi Hendrix achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. A major performance in Hendrix’s career was at the Woodstock festival in 1969 playing his version of “Star Spangled Banner.” Then Jimi Hendrix built his own recording studio in New York City. The name of this project became the basis for his most demanding musical release, a two LP collection, Electric Ladyland which reached number one in the US. The Rolling Stone magazine ranked his three studio albums among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix himself as the greatest guitarist ever. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes Hendrix as the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.
Hendrix was a lefty, which at the time was a major impediment to play guitar and also he was unable to read or write music. Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. As a child, Jimmy Hendrix used to play with a broom wood stick. And probably his father got very concerned about little Jimmy playing with a wood stick so he got him an old one-string ukulele for five dollars . Later on, his father purchased Jimmy his first electric guitar, a Supro Ozark 1560S.
Hendrix could be called the Nicola Tesla of music because Hindrix was in fact a music innovator. He introduced mankind to a new dimension of music. Hendrix’s innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in developing the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. In addition, he helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings.
Here in the US there are many fanatics of the so called conspiracy theories, but for some strange reason, people have never taken the chance on Jimi Hendrix death. Hendrix died at the age of 27 and there are many contradictory statement about his death. The media has widely promoted the idea that Hendrix died from a heroin overdose but Hendrix didn’t consume heroin at all. It is not crazuy to think Hendrix was assassinated because of his affiliation to the black panther party. Probably the FBI targeted Hendrix under the infamous CoIntelPro assassination program. Indeed, Jimmy Hendrix legacy goes beyond just his music. Hendrix, like Mohamed Ali, was a leader to a new powerful emerging youth movement that dreamed about achieving peace for the world.
One of Hendrix most important messages to mankind was; “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace”.
And now, a poem dedicated to the greatness of the master Jimmy Hendrix.
LISTEN TO THE ANGELS’ CALL
More powerful than a nuclear bomb
stronger than any army of the world
my spirit is freedom
my voice is joy.
My gift is only for those
who take the challenge to love
your dreams have no limits
let the music share it with all.
Open your eyes
and find the unknown
your heart has the answer
just listen to the angels’ call.
Let your fingers play
the melody of hope
we all are children
singing at the same tone.