Jimi Hendrix Biography

Many people believe that Jimi Hendrix is the greatest person ever to pick up the guitar. He has expanded the vocabulary by discovering a new music world where nobody had gone before. To say the very least, his creative drive, technical ability and painterly application of such effects as wah-wah and distortion forever transformed the sound of rock and roll. Jimi Hendrix was the founder of psychedelic music which was first heard in his 1967 debut Are You Experienced. His huge career continues to influence musicians around the world to this day.