Jimi Hendrix
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 27, 1942
- Died
- Sep 18, 1970 (aged 27)
- Place of birth
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Credits
- 99
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the institution describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Hendrix began playing guitar at age 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville, then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the Chitlin' Circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires.
Hendrix moved to England in late 1966, after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, he had formed his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience (with its rhythm section consisting of bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell), and achieved three UK top ten hits: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. His third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland (1968), became his most commercially successful release and his only number one album on the US Billboard 200 chart. The world's highest-paid rock musician, Hendrix headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970. He died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia in September 1970, at the age of 27.
Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."
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Known for
Woodstock
1970Movie
Self
Monterey Pop
1968Movie
Self
Zappa
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
27: Gone Too Soon
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
40 Hidden Music Treasures at the BBC
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Beach Boys
2024Movie
Self (archive footage)
Louder Than Rock
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Los Angeles Forum April 26, 1969
2022Movie
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022Movie
Self (archive footage)
McCartney 3, 2, 1
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
This Is Pop
2021TV
Self (archive footage)
Zappa
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
70 Years of Youth Revolt
2020TV
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix Experience - Live in Maui
2020Movie
Self
Music, Money, Madness… Jimi Hendrix Live In Maui
2020Movie
Self (archival footage)
Eric Burdon: Rock 'n' Roll Animal
2019Movie
Self (Archive Footage)
The UnXplained
2019TV
Self (archive footage)
The Last 24 Hours: Jimi Hendrix
2019Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Trapped in Amber
2019Movie
Self
At Last...The Beginning: The Making of Electric Ladyland
2018Movie
Self
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
27: Gone Too Soon
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Top Ten Revealed
2018TV
Self (archive footage)
Totally 60s Psychedelic Rock At The BBC
2015Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church
2015Movie
Self (archive footage)
Play It Loud: The Story of Marshall
2014Movie
Self
Woodstock: Untold Stories Revisited
2014Movie
Self
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly
2014Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Road to Woodstock
2014Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'
2013Movie
Self - Musician (archive footage)
Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
2010Movie
archive footage
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child
2010Movie
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Jimi Hendrix: Metropolis ARTE
2010Movie
Self
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions
2010Movie
Self
Are You Experienced: An Inside Look
2010Movie
Self
The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concerts
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Ladyland
2008Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
Beat Club: The 40th Anniversary Edition
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey
2007Movie
Self - Guitar
Seven Ages of Rock
2007TV
Self
Jimi Hendrix: American Landing
2007Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Feedback
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock Definitive Collection
2005Movie
Self - Guitar / Self - Vocals
Electric Purgatory: The Fate of the Black Rocker
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: The Uncut Story
2004Movie
Self
Rockthology 2
2004Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix: The Last 24 Hours
2004Movie
Self
Jimi Plays Berkeley
2003Movie
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle of Wight
2002Movie
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
It's Black Entertainment
2002Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix and The Blues
2001Movie
Self
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
2000Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
1999Movie
Self - Guitar, Lead Vocals
Hendrix: Band of Gypsys
1999Movie
Self
Classic Albums
1997TV
Self (archive footage)
Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees
1997Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix at the Isle of Wight
1996Movie
Self
Message to Love - The Isle of Wight Festival
1996Movie
Self
TOTP2
1994TV
Self (archive footage)
Woodstock Diary
1994Movie
Self
Dusty
1994Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix - On the Road - Ultimate Experience Live!
1994Movie
Self
Zakk Wylde: House of Guitars 1993
1993Movie
Self
Commercial Entertainment Product
1992Movie
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heavy Metal Heaven Hosted by Elvira
1989TV
Himself
Jimi Plays Monterey
1987Movie
Self (archive footage)
Video from Hell
1987Movie
Self (archive footage)
Superstars in Concert
1984Movie
Self
When the Music's Over
1983Movie
Self (archive footage)
The South Bank Show
1978TV
The Abyss
1977Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Day the Music Died
1977Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jimi Hendrix
1973Movie
Self (archive footage)
Sound of the City: London 1964-73
1973Movie
Self
Rainbow Bridge
1972Movie
Self
Dynamite Chicken
1971Movie
Self (archive footage)
Participation
1971Movie
Self (archive footage)
Isle of Wight: Gegengesellschaft Oder Festival-Ramsch?
1970Movie
Self
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!: The Rolling Stones in Concert
1970Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix - Live at the Isle of Wight
1970Movie
Self - Vocals, Guitar
Woodstock
1970Movie
Self
Popcorn
1969Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: The Dick Cavett Show
1969Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix: Room Full of Hendrix
1969Movie
Self
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Royal Albert Hall
1969Movie
Self (Guitar and Vocals)
The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live In Sweden
1969Movie
Self
Jimi Hendrix Live in Stockholm 1969
1969Movie
Self
Monterey Pop
1968Movie
Self
All My Loving
1968Movie
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
1968TV
Self - Guest
It Must Be Dusty
1968TV
Wake at Generation
1968Movie
Self
Psych-Out
1968Movie
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix: Experience
1968Movie
Self
Omnibus
1967TV
Self
Dee Time
1967TV
Beat-Club
1965TV
Dim Dam Dom
1965TV
Self
Ready Steady Go!
1963TV
Self
Jimi
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Lick Library Quick Licks Jimi Hendrix
Movie
Self (archive footage)