When Jimi Hendrix (1942-70) began playing London, he pulled out all the tricks he’d learned. That included playing the guitar on his back on the ground; playing in between his legs; and playing with ...

Veteran British eccentric Arthur Brown revealed that Jimi Hendrix wanted to start a band with him in 1969, but that he declined for two main reasons. Brown -- who's regarded as a pioneer of prog rock, ...

Guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix (later changed to James Marshall) on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. Learning to play guitar as a teenager, Hendrix grew up to ...

In 1959, Jimi Hendrix took to the stage for the first ever time. By the end of the night, the band wouldn't want anything to do with him. Some people are born to be stars. Whatever feverish energy ...

Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios was the first artist-owned commercial recording studio. Rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Greenwich Village nightclub, Electric Lady Studios became a ...

Plenty of musicians and other performers have stage names. From Bono and Sting to Slash and Meatloaf, some stage names can get creative. So, it might be hard to believe that one of the most ...