Jimi Hendrix #1004

Caption from poster__       Jimi Hendrix   Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942, Seattle, Washington - September 18, 1970, London), born Johnny Allen Hendrix and later renamed James Marshall Hendrix, was a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Hendrix is recognized as one of the most influential guitar players in rock music history. He achieved worldwide fame in 1967, playing at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. A self-taught musician, Hendrix played a right-handed Fender Stratocaster guitar turned upside down and re-strung so that the strings were right-side up. Hendrix pioneered the technique of guitar feedback with overdriven amplifiers, incorporating what was previously an undesirable sound into his music. He built upon the innovations and influences of blues stylists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Buddy Guy, and derived style from rhythm and blues an