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[92] [nb 22] [nb 23] Stickells said he received a phone call regarding a problem with Hendrix "between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m." [89] Mitchell said he waited for Hendrix at the Speakeasy Club until they closed at 4 a.m., and a couple of hours after his hour and a half drive home, he received a phone call from Stickells, who told him Hendrix had died. [96]
Rock and roll fans still debate whether Hendrix actually said that Chicago co-founder Terry Kath was a better guitar player than he was, [400] but Kath named Hendrix as a major influence: "But then there was Hendrix, man. Jimi was really the last cat to freak me. Jimi was playing all the stuff I had in my head.
John Graham "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 1946 – 12 November 2008) [1] [2] was an English drummer and child actor, best known for his work in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. [3]
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) was an American guitarist whose career spanned from 1962 to 1970. [1] His discography includes the recordings released during his lifetime. Prior to his rise to fame, he recorded 24 singles as a backing guitarist with American R&B artists, such as the Isley Brothers and Little Richard. [2]
Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, [ 16 ] [ 17 ] but, according to Hendrix and Kurt Cobain 's biographer, Charles R. Cross : "It wasn't until Kurt Cobain took his own life in 1994 that the idea of the 27 Club arrived ...
Charles R. Cross, who wrote best-selling biographies of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix, died Aug. 9 at the age of 67.
The performance is a little wobbly at times, but overall, this excellent record shows Hendrix in a moment of stylistic transition, making us all wonder what he would have accomplished had he lived ...
The two remained friends up until Jimi's death in 1970. Youngblood worked mostly as a backup musician during the remainder of the 60's for James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Ben E. King, Sam & Dave, and other soul greats. The recordings that Youngblood made that featured Hendrix amounted to four songs on two singles.