Jimi+Hendrix

Ally As you research your selected guitarist, you will need to note some specific information from his or her life and career. Include the following in your final writing: Details for your written assignment: ,
 * Introduction
 * Biography
 * Discography
 * Legacy
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The guitarist I researched was Jimi Hendrix. He realized how the vibrato arm can be used differently than before. He mastered the electric guitar and was its first true innovator since Chuck Berry. Nobody since him has done more with the electric guitar. Jimi Hendrix played the blues and rock and roll. Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington and was born on November 27, 1942. His full name was Johnny Allen Hendrix, which was changed to James Marshall Hendrix. He began playing the electric guitar at age 11. He dropped out of high school at age 16 and, with the permission of his father, joined the army as a paratrooper.While in the army he became friends with bassist Billy Cox and the two jammed together and swapped guitar licks. Hendrix was forced to be discharged when he was injured on his 26th jump. Once he was out of the army he began to focus on music and he hit the chitlin circuit as a backing guitarist for many popular rock and rythmn and blues artists such as Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, the Isley Brothers, Curtis Knight, Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, King Curtis, and James Brown. Jimi hit New York in 1964 and changed his name to Jimmy James amd started his own band called the Blue Flames. Chas Chandler convinced Jimi to come with him to London. In London the music scene was taking off. Hendrix only agreed to go overseas and search for the right backup band because he was promised he would be able to meet Eric Clapton. The Jimi Hendrix Experiance was founded in London and in it were Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, and Noel Redding. Paul McCartney convinced Montery Pop Festival to book Hendrix even though his first album had not been released yet. This performance transformed Hendrix into a superstar. As hendrix's first three LP's went gold, he began to get caught up in superstar traps. The band was consumed with drinking, pill popping, and smoking dope. After the band split up Hendrix formed the all black Band of Gypsys with his old Army pal Bill Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on the drums. This band only lasted a few months, but a live performance was captured on their LP. Hendrix's final performance was at the Isle of Fehmarn in West Germany on September 6, 1970. Hendrix died twelve days later because he inhaled his own vomit due to barbiturate intoxication. Some of the songs Hendrix released were "Little Wing" and "Castles Made of Sand." Many people influenced Jimi Hendrix such as Chas Chandler when he convinced him to move to London, and many blues artists, one of whom had slept with their guitar which influenced Jimi to do the same. Types of music that influenced Hendrix were The Blues and Rock and Roll. Jimi Hendrix has influenced all guitar players since him because he was the electric guitar's first true innovator since Chuck Berry. Jimi has set the bar for guitar players much higher than it was set before him.

Works Cited

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Guitarist Research Notes Table
played with various local rock bands during high school, after in the army, performed as touring backing guitarist for numerous rock and rythm and blues artists || -He left school at sixteen and, with the permission of his father, joined the Army a year later as a paratrooper. That career ended after he was injured on his twenty-sixth jump, forcing him to be discharged. Once out of the Army he began concentrating on music and hit the chitlin circuit as a backing guitarist for a host of popular rock and rhythm and blues artists || -"Nine To The Universe" - released in 1980 - filled with some very unique studio jams and has an idea of where Hendrix was headed || What do you like about his/her style? || Robin Trower and Stevie Ray Vaughan ||
 * ** Information Feature ** ||= **Your Findings** //cells will expand as you enter your findings// ||
 * The guitar style I am researching is: || Electric Guitar ||
 * The artist I am researching is: || Jimi Hendrix ||
 * This guitarist lived from || November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970 ||
 * Describe the guitar style you are researching. || the blues ||
 * What kind of musical training did the guitarist have? || started playing guitar at age 11,
 * What types of music influenced this artist? ||  ||
 * Name some musicians who influenced the guitarist you are researching. || Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert and B.B. King, and Lightnin' Hopkins ||
 * Has this guitarist played more than one style? If so, what other styles? || yes: the blues and rock and roll ||
 * What type of guitar does this musician play? || Although earlier in his career Hendrix could play ambidextrously, he eventually settled on using a right-handed Fender Statocaster restrung upside down and played left-handed. He manipulated the tone and volume controls (which were now on top) to make unique effects and became the first to fully realize the vibrato arm's usefullness by creating dive-bombing shrieks and bending full chords. He custom shaped the bar himself in order to obtain a three-step variation instead of the stock bar's one step. His rapid-fire flicking of the toggle switch produced a bullet-spitting rattle ("Machine Gun") while his huge hands allowed for extreme reaches and funky chordings. ||
 * What are some interesting facts about your guitarist’s childhood? || Hendrix picked up the guitar at age eleven and was soon playing with local rock groups as a teenager in his hometown of Seattle, Washington ||
 * What did this guitarist do before he became famous? || -playing with local rock groups as a teenager in his hometown
 * List two interesting facts about the guitarist’s life. || He left school at sixteen and, with the permission of his father, joined the Army a year later as a paratrooper. While in the service he befriended bassist Billy Cox and the two jammed together and swapped guitar licks. ||
 * List two albums or songs your artist released, the dates they were released and why they are important. || -"Electric Ladyland" - released in 1968 - displayed Hedrix's flair for studio tricks and included guest musicians
 * Who is playing this style of music today?
 * What legacy has this guitarist left to the world of music? || Hendrix had literally reinvented the electric guitar's potential and became its first true innovator since Chuck Berry. He became the first to fully realize the vibrato arm's usefullness by creating dive-bombing shrieks and bending full chords. ||