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| − | Jimi Hendrix Biography and Top ten Songs
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| − | The issue with that is, I'm left handed and my father right handed and so we had to help keep switching the strings about which my father moaned at. There is no way I could take part in the guitar left handed like Jimi and so i eventually gave up and chose to appreciate your guitar skills in other people and focus my energy on other things.
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| − | Jimi was born on November 27th 1942 in Seattle, Washington and is remembered as one of the greatest guitarists of all time (the best in my experience). Jimi first became famous inside the USA (his home country) and ended his career working in london, England. Jimi made success in america as he performed in the Monteray Pop Festival in 1967, he later headlined at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Jimi had many influences to his music, including Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Curtis Mayfield as well as Pete Townshend (The Who) and was also relying on his Native American heritage.
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| − | Over the years Jimi helped to revolutionize music by developing several guitar techniques (using overdriven amplifiers to produce guitar feedback), and was one of the first performers to use stereophonic and phasing effects in the recording studio. Jimi is also well known for his flamboyant dress sense and stage performances.
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| − | Jimi was found dead in the basement flat from the Samarkand Hotel working in london (I went to see for myself on a visit) and also the reason for death was said to be he'd died by drowning on his own vomit after drinking red wine and taking several sleep aids. The circumstances leading upto Jimi's death still remain somewhat a mystery and also the details change from are accountable to report.
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| − | Jimi was inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992 and holds many other achievements such as Melody Maker' pop musician of the year 1967 and 1968, Rolling Stone Magazines number 1 of their 100 Greatest Guitarists Ever, and also has his star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.
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| − | Jimi released several studio albums (some notable ones being Are you currently Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Rainbow Bridge and Electric Ladyland) and it has also released several live albums (Band Of Gypsys, Isle of Wight, and Bleeding Heart to name a few). Some of Jimi's most popular singles were: Hey Joe, Stone Free, Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower, Foxy Lady, Voodoo Child and Little Wing.
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| − | There have been many artists and bands who have covered Jimi's songs over the years (The Cure - Purple Haze, Stone Free - Eric Clapton, Bold As Love - The Pretenders) there happen to be also several tribute albums released in the honor.
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| − | My Top ten Jimi Hendrix Songs are:
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| − | 01. All Across the Watchtower
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| − | 02. Hey Joe
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| − | 03. Purple Haze
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| − | 04. Voodoo Child
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| − | 05. Crosstown Traffic
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| − | 06. Little Wing
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| − | 07. Stepping-stone
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| − | 08. Go over Yonder
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| − | 09. Izabella
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| − | 10. Spanish Castle Magic
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| − | View the full blog for my top music reviews of bands songs and artists and tell me your comments as well as your top songs.
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