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Gered W. Mankowitz FRPS (born 3 August 1946) is an English photographer who focused his career in the music industry.He has worked with a range of artists from the Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix, and in other divisions of the photography industry, including fashion, music, advertising, news, and private photography.
Ron Raffaelli (September 20, 1943 – November 7, 2016) was an American photographer known for his documenting rock music icons in the 1960s and 1970s, such as Jimi Hendrix, for whom Raffaelli acted as official photographer in 1968.
Hendrix's paternal grandparents, Ross and Nora Hendrix, pre-1912. Hendrix was of African-American and alleged Cherokee descent. [nb 1] His paternal grandfather, Bertran Philander Ross Hendrix, was born in 1866 from an extramarital affair between a woman named Fanny and a grain merchant from either Urbana, Ohio or Illinois, one of the wealthiest men in the area at that time.
Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, 1968. By May 1966, Jimi Hendrix was struggling to earn a living playing the R&B circuit as a back-up guitarist. During a performance at one of New York City's most popular nightspots, the Cheetah Club, he was noticed by Linda Keith, the girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
"Dolly Dagger" is a song written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix. On October 9, 1971, it was released on the posthumous album Rainbow Bridge , followed by a single on October 23. Backed with a multi-tracked studio solo rendition of the " Star Spangled Banner ", the single peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it the last Hendrix ...
Velvert Turner (October 12, 1951 – December 11, 2000) was an American guitarist, and vocalist of the psychedelic rock band, The Velvert Turner Group.Turner and his work have gained a cult following as Turner is known as the lone understudy of the guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
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]