A 'greatest hits' collection, 'Smash Hits' (1969), and an in-concert memento of his historic Monterey appearance, 'Otis Redding / Jimi Hendrix Experience at Monterey' (1970), followed before his untimely death. The album, and its 1968 successors - Axis: Bold As Love and the seminal blues-oriented developments of Electric Ladyland - earned Hendrix international acclaim as a premier rock instrumentalist and innovator of his generation.
Along with bassist and drummer he formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience.Īfter a landmark appearance at the Monterey Pop festival, their debut album Are You Experienced was released in September 1967.
Brought to London from New York by former Animals bassist, Hendrix quickly established himself as the brightest new star on the burgeoning progressive rock scene of the early '60s. (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) / Come On (Part 1)Īmerican modern electric blues guitar virtuoso.īorn: 27 November 1942, Seattle, USA – Died: 18 September 1970, London, UK.Ī self-taught guitarist, Hendrix began his musical career backing such R&B greats as Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett and B.B. Click to release title to look at track list of the album #ġ983.
