The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Foxey Lady (Miami Pop 1968)

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Thank you my friend SGT (Join to see) for posting the music video of The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing Foxy Lady live in honor of the fact that on July 2, 1962, James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix was honorably discharged from the 101st Airborne, after breaking his ankle during his 26th and final parachute jump."
Thanks to our friend LTC Stephen C. for setting his military record strait "“Hendrix completed his paratrooper training in just over eight months, and Major General C. W. G. Rich awarded him the prestigious Screaming Eagles patch on January 11, 1962. By February, his personal conduct had begun to draw criticism from his superiors. They labeled him an unqualified marksman and often caught him napping while on duty and failing to report for bed checks. On May 24, Hendrix's platoon sergeant, James C. Spears, filed a report in which he stated: ‘He has no interest whatsoever in the Army ... It is my opinion that Private Hendrix will never come up to the standards required of a soldier. I feel that the military service will benefit if he is discharged as soon as possible.’

Biographies
1. .imdb.com/name/nm0001342/bio
2. https://www.jimihendrix.com/biography/

Jimi Hendrix Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRg9h-XCHKs

Images:
1. Jimi Hendrix in the U.S. Army in 1961
2. Jimi Hendrix [left] with Isley Brothers at George's Club 20 - Hackensack, New Jersey [late December 1965]
3. Jimi Hendrix performs on stage at the Star Club on March 18, 1967 in Hamburg, Germany by Gunter Zint
4. circa 1968. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, l-r, Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell.

Background from {[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001342/bio]}
"Jimi Hendrix Biography
Overview (5)
Born November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Died September 18, 1970 in Notting Hill, London, England, UK (barbiturate overdose)
Birth Name Johnny Allen Hendrix
Nickname Noize
Height 5' 11" (1.8 m)
Mini Bio (1)
Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al Hendrix, was off fighting in World War II. When his mother became sick from alcoholism, Hendrix was sent to live with relatives in Berkeley, California. When his father returned from Europe in 1945 he took back Hendrix, divorced his wife, and renamed him James Marshall Hendrix.

When Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic guitar. In 1959 Jimi dropped out of high school and enlisted in the U.S. Army, but soon became disenchanted with military service. After he broke his ankle during a training parachute jump, he was honorably discharged. He then went to work as a sideman on the rhythm-and-blues circuit, honing his craft but making little or no money. Jimi got restless being a sideman and moved to New York City hoping to get a break in the music business. Through his friend Curtis Knight, Jimi discovered the music scene in Greenwich Village, which left indelible impressions on him. It was here that he began taking drugs, among them marijuana, pep pills and cocaine.

In 1966, while Jimi was performing with his own band called James & the Blue Flames at Cafe Wha?, John Hammond Jr. approached Jimi about the Flames playing backup for him at Cafe Au Go Go. Jimi agreed and during the show's finale, Hammond let Jimi cut loose on Bo Diddley's "I'm the Man." Linda Keith, girlfriend of The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, was one of Jimi's biggest fans and it was she who told friend Chas Chandler, a band manager, about Jimi. When Chandler heard Jimi play, he asked him to come to London to form his own band, and while there Chandler made the simple change in Jimi's name by formally dropping James and replacing it with Jimi. Having settled in England with a new band called the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which consisted of Jimi as guitarist and lead singer, bass player Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, Jimi took the country by storm with the release of his first single "Hey, Joe."

In the summer of 1967 Jimi performed back in the USA at the Monterey Pop Festival, a mix-up backstage forced Jimi to follow The Who onstage, where after a superb performance Jimi tore up the house by trashing his guitar in a wild frenzy. Afterwards, Jimi's career skyrocketed with the release of the Experience's first two albums, "Are You Experienced?" and "Axis: Bold as Love," which catapulted him to the top of the charts. However, tensions, possibly connected with Jimi's drug use and the constant presence of hangers-on in the studio and elsewhere, began to fracture some of his relationships, including Chas Chandler, who quit as manager in February 1968.

In September 1968 the Experience released their most successful album, "Electric Ladyland." However, in early 1969 bassist Redding left the Experience and was replaced by Billy Cox, an old army buddy who Jimi had jammed with. Jimi began experimenting with different musicians. For the Woodstock music festival Jimi put together an outfit called the Gypsies, Sun and Rainbows, with Mitchell and Cox as well as a second guitarist and two percussionists. Their one and only performance in August 1969 at Woodstock took place near Bethel, New York, where Hendrix and his band were to be the closing headline act. Because of the delay getting there and the logistical problems, Jimi performed on the morning of the fourth and final day. Only 25,000 people of the original 400,000 stayed to watch Jimi and his band as the closing music number, where Jimi's searing rendering of "The Star-Spangled Banner" became the anthem for counterculture.

After Woodstock, Jimi formed a new band with Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums with the May 1970 release of the album "The Band of Gypsys." Jimi's last album, "Cry of Love", featured Cox on bass and former Experience drummer Mitchell on drums. However, Jimi's drug problem finally caught up with him. On the night of September 17, 1970, while living in London, Jimi took some sleeping pills, which were prescribed for his live-in girlfriend Monika Danneman. Sometime after midnight, Jimi threw up from an apparent allergic reaction to the pills and then passed out. Danneman, thinking him to be all right, went out to get cigarettes for them. When she returned, she found him lying where he collapsed, having inhaled his own vomit, and and she couldn't wake him. Danneman called an ambulance, which took him to a nearby hospital, but Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead a short while later without regaining consciousness. He was 27 years old.

Jimi Hendrix's life was short, but his impact on the rock guitar is still being heard and set the course for a new era of rock music.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Matthew Patay
Trade Mark (7)
1. Guitar solos and heavy riffs
2. Fender Stratocaster
3. Played a right handed guitar left handed
4. Would often smash his guitar and/or light it on fire after a show
5. Brightly colored outfits
6. Pink headband
7. Afro and thin moustache

Trivia (82)
1. Backed Little Richard and The Isley Brothers before being "discovered" by Chas Chandler of The Animals in 1966.
2. Usually played an upside-down Fender Stratocaster, restrung for left hand.
3. Was said to put LSD litmus ("blotter acid") under his bandana while he was playing on stage.
4. The footage of him playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the film Woodstock (1970) is one of the most studied pieces of musical film ever.
5. Guitar impresario Les Paul supposedly called Hendrix "a left-handed, mother f---ing genius". Neil Young said Hendrix was "absolutely the best guitar player that ever lived; there was no one even in the same building as that guy".
6. Musician Al Kooper received one of Hendrix's black Stratocasters from him as a gift; after deconverting the left-handed setup, Kooper used the guitar years later, to record the Crime Story: Pilot (1986) soundtrack.
7. Had actually lost over 60% of his hearing by the time of his death; during mixing sessions Hendrix often found himself the only person who could stand the playback volumes he needed, over the studio speakers.
8. As a United States Army paratrooper, Hendrix followed up a jump by trying to recreate the sound of the air rushing by, with his guitar and amplifier, back at the barracks.
9. Toured with The Monkees in 1967 as their opening act, in the weeks before his Monterey performance; disliking their music at first, Hendrix was surprised that the Monkees would invite him (They all but demanded his presence on tour from their managers.) He and the group hit it off well, though, and found each other to be genuine, impressive, and good company (Some jamming did happen offstage, but none was recorded.) Hendrix's act proved far less a match with the Monkees' fans, though, and performances sometimes unraveled among relentless cries for the headliners. Hendrix asked to leave the tour, to begin his own after Monterey; he left on good terms, but a story was concocted by the Monkees' press corps that Hendrix was out because of protests from the Daughters of the American Revolution, about his wild stage act -- an inside joke, and some extra publicity for Hendrix.
10. His parents, Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix, were both African-American, as were all of his grandparents (Bertran Philander Hendrix, Zenora "Nora" Rose Moore, Preston Murice Jeter, and Clarice Lawson).
11. Hendrix played left-handed, much to the chagrin of his father, who believed that playing left-handed was a sign of the Devil! As Jimi's brother witnessed, Jimi played right-handed when his father was present. After the elder Hendrix left the room, Jimi would use his famous left hand. However, Jimi wrote with his right hand.
12. Hendrix was capable of playing guitars with his right and left hands. He also was able to play right-handed guitars without restringing. This unusual skill often served Jimi well: On many occasions he "auditioned" guitars in music stores -- where left-handed axes are not usually plentiful.
13. Though Hendrix did indeed play right-handed Fender Stratocasters upside down (with the strings restrung for lefty position), he did own at least one left-handed Stratocaster. Hendrix also owned a left-handed "Flying V" guitar, which he played periodically.
14. One of the early electric guitars Hendrix played was the now-discontinued Fender MusicMaster, which Jimi used while backing The Isley Brothers in the early 1960s. He also used the Fender Jazzmaster, an essential instrument for the punk music movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
15. Played in the Ike Turner Review under the name "Jimmy James".
16. Played his next to last performance at the infamous Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970.
17. Posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience) in 1992.
18. Hendrix and Pete Townshend of The Who got into a heated argument over who was going to follow whom at the Monterey Pop Festival. Neither artist wanted to follow the other, so John Phillips flipped a coin to decide who was going to go on. Townshend won, so Hendrix had to follow The Who, and he answered their usual end-of-show instrument smashing by setting his guitar on fire during the last song.
19. For years, many people thought that Hendrix's final performance was at the Isle of Wight Festival in England. However, Hendrix's final performance was at a festival in Germany that was marred by bad weather and violence, especially by the German Hell's Angels.
20. Wrote "Voodoo Child", which would later be the entrance theme for pro wrestler Hulk Hogan.
21. He was a huge fan of Bob Dylan, often to the annoyance of friends and girlfriends as he would play Dylan's records again and again. Many say they can hear the influence of Dylan in Hendrix's lyrics. Hendrix often played "Like a Rolling Stone" at shows, but one of the legendary guitarist's best known songs was his cover of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" (Dylan today performs the song as a Hendrix tribute.).
22. He was voted the 6th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. He was also voted the greatest guitarist of all time in a 2003 poll by Rolling Stone, a claim few would dispute.
23. Name was legally changed from "Johnny Allen Hendrix" to "James Marshall Hendrix" on September 11, 1946. He was 3 years old at the time.
24. Was the first musician inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame. He had stated that he had Tsalagi (Cherokee) and Nahua (Aztec) ancestors, though it is not clear if these lineages have been verified/documented.
25. When Jimi first moved to England he would often stay with his manager, Chas Chandler, in his hometown of Newcastle Upon Tyne. He often busked in the Heaton area of Newcastle near Chillingham Road, not far from where Chandler grew up and went to school.
26. He was discovered and managed by Chas Chandler, the Newcastle-born bass player for the 1960s group The Animals, who had a hit with "House of the Rising Sun", he later went on to manage the rock group Slade in the 1970s.
27. While living in London in 1966, he got the chance to jam with Cream. He had wanted a chance to play with Eric Clapton.
28. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd lists him as a major influence. When Gilmour saw Hendrix playing in a London nightclub in 1966, he said that nobody who saw that performance left the club not thinking that Hendrix would go all the way to the top.
29. Ranked #51 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
30. In spite of his legendary status, he only had one top 40 hit in the United States with "All Along the Watchtower".
31. Was very close friends with David Nuuhiwa, who later was used in Rainbow Bridge (1972).
32. (November 16, 2005) Posthumously inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame for his outstanding contribution to British music and integral part of British music culture.
33. Though the guitar chord - 7th + sharpened 9th - became known as "The Hendrix Chord" through its heavy use on his "Foxy Lady" and "Purple Haze," the 7#9 was actually used several months earlier by George Harrison on "Taxman" from The Beatles' 1966 album "Revolver".
34. Lived in London, England and New York City.
35. Stepbrother of Janie Hendrix.
36. He was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on November 14, 1991.
37. Died at 27 years old, making him a member of the "27 Club"; The 27 Club is a group of prominent musicians who died at the age of 27. Other members include The Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, singer Janis Joplin, The Doors frontman Jim Morrison, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse.
38. Was expelled from high school for poor grades and attendance, though he later received an honorary diploma.
39. Although the Fender Stratocaster is the guitar most associated with Hendrix, he played a variety during his career including the Gibson SG, Gibson Les Paul and Gibson Flying V.
40. Was arrested for stealing cars in his youth and given the choice of jail or two years in the United States Army.
41. Was discharged from the United States Army for sub par service including sleeping on duty and poor marksmanship.
42. Jimi Hendrix and Engelbert Humperdinck had a mutual respect for each other's work. So when a guitarist didn't turn up for an Engelbert Humperdinck concert, Jimi offered to step in. Engelbert thought it might damage Jimi's image, so Jimi played behind a curtain, he also restrained himself from doing any trademark licks and played in the orchestral style of an Engelbert Humperdinck song.
43. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Music City Walk of Fame in Nashville, Tennessee in November 2007.
44. Following his untimely death, he was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Renton, Washington.
45. Jimi wrote with his right hand but played guitar with his left hand.
46. Pictured on a USA nondenominated 'forever' commemorative postage stamp in the Music Icons series, issued 13 March 2014. Price on the day of issue was 49¢.
47. On one occasion a girlfriend had to have stitches after Hendrix struck her above the eye with a bottle in a drunken rage.
48. He had fans request 'Hey Joe' so often he eventually got sick of it and disliked playing it.
49. He had a fear of needles.
50. Was known to be very charming with women to the point that friends were hesitant to introduce Their girlfriends to him.
51. Jimi Hendrix Is Cousin To Actor/Model Phillip Allen Hall III.
52. His song 'Voodoo Chile' stunned a young boy who would later be inspired to play guitar and join a band. The boy was Dave Murray of Iron Maiden, and he recalls that when he heard that song on the radio for the first time, his reaction was, 'Bloody hell? What is THAT? How do you do THAT?'.
53. He is generally considered to be the greatest guitar player in history.
54. His manager Mike Jeffrey - a shadowy figure - was reputed to have stolen vast earnings of Jimi Hendrix and was depositing the money into Swiss bank accounts.
55. Didn't get along too well with his first bass player Noel Redding. According to different sources, Redding felt he was being unfairly side-lined when it came to contributing songs for the Experience band. Eventually, Hendrix's manager Mike Jeffrey decided to remove Redding from the band.
56. Hendrix's band from the end of 1969 only lasted a matter of weeks and precisely 4 gigs. Allegedly, Hendrix's management weren't interested in the new group - called "Band of Gypsys" - and sabotaged a gig that was due to take place in Madison Square Garden.
57. Hendrix always maintained that his father was rather strict with him during his childhood. The future guitarist was taught never to speak unless spoken to and to respect his elders.
58. Thanks to the Jimi Hendrix Estate, previously unheard recordings have been officially released on both C.D and Vinyl. These range from rare studio recordings to whole concerts.
59. From about the middle of 1969 onward, Jimi Hendrix began winding down his regular display of showmanship during concerts. Where as before he would set fire to his guitar and smash it on the stage, he simply focused on the music in question and little else.
60. In spite of all the fame and success, Hendrix was described as being a fairly shy, personable young man and having a good sense of humor.
61. He and Chas Chandler went their separate ways in 1968, following a few disagreements about working methods in the recording studio. Where as Hendrix enjoyed experimenting and jamming, Chandler firmly believed that the resulting song should be no longer than 4 or 5 minutes.
62. Was busted for drug offenses in 1969 and went to trial as a result. In court, Hendrix was acquitted of all charges.
63. Was on very good terms with fellow musician Eric Clapton. Just before Hendrix passed away, Clapton had just bought him a left-handed Fender Stratocaster.
64. Had his own recording studio built for him in 1969. Named "Electric Ladyland," the whole task took longer than expected. This was due to Hendrix having to go on tour to pay for the construction, with work on the studio being suspended for the time being.
65. Even with some of today's guitarists, Jimi Hendrix remains somewhat of an enigma with regards to his overall musicianship.
66. Began to take playing the guitar more seriously whilst serving in the Marines.
67. Enjoyed reading science fiction and would incorporate various elements of this into his songs.
68. His appearance at the Isle of Wight music festival was marred by having to work with poor sound equipment.
69. Was a self-taught musician and never took a formal guitar lesson.
70. Was on very good terms with bass player Billy Cox.
71. Back in the day before the internet and mobile phones, Hendrix's arrival in London spread quickly via word of move until his fellow guitarists came to see Hendrix play.
72. A series of letters and diary entries from Hendrix, were used for the feature length documentary "Voodoo Child.".
73. Hendrix's death is still the subject of much discussion, regarding how he passed away. Some believe his manager Mike Jeffrey had a hand in his death and other reckon it was an accidental death.
74. Jokingly referred to Noel Redding's band Fat Mattress, as "Empty Pillow.".
75. At school, the future guitarist was known for being a painfully shy child, especially with girls.
76. For most of his career, the Fender Stratocaster was Hendrix's preference. However, he did use other guitar models.
77. At the time when Hendrix was honorably discharged, the U.S army was about to be drafted into Vietnam.
78. When asked how it felt to be considered the greatest guitarist, Jimi Hendrix replied: "I don't know, you had better ask Rory Gallagher.".
79. To this day, the Jimi Hendrix estate continue to release previously unavailable recordings of the guitarist.
80. Along with Redding and Mitchell, Hendrix the touring schedule of 1968 to be particularly grueling. Throughout the year, the band only had 6 days off work.
81. In 1969, Hendrix was supposedly captured and held hostage by the Mafia. However, this is thought to have a stunt pulled by Hendrix's manager Mike Jeffrey.
82. Close friends and colleagues stated that Jimi Hendrix had two passions in his life: music and women.

Personal Quotes (5)
1. I will be dead in five years' time, but while I am here, I will travel many highways and I will, of necessity, die at a time when my message of love, peace and freedom can be shared with people all over the world.
2. Once you're dead, you're made for life.
3. When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
4. I can't express myself in any conversation... But when I'm up on stage, it's all the world. It's my whole life.
5. I'd like to get something together, like with Handel, and Bach, and Muddy Waters, flamenco type of thing... If I could get that sound, I'd be happy."

2. Background from {[https://www.jimihendrix.com/biography/]}
James Marshall Hendrix
November 27th, 1942 – September 18, 1970
Widely recognized as one of the most creative and influential musicians of the 20th century, Jimi Hendrix pioneered the explosive possibilities of the electric guitar. Hendrix’s innovative style of combining fuzz, feedback and controlled distortion created a new musical form. Because he was unable to read or write music, it is nothing short of remarkable that Jimi Hendrix’s meteoric rise in the music took place in just four short years. His musical language continues to influence a host of modern musicians, from George Clinton to Miles Davis, and Steve Vai to Jonny Lang.

Jimi Hendrix, born Johnny Allen Hendrix at 10:15 a.m. on November 27, 1942, at Seattle’s King County Hospital, was later renamed James Marshall by his father, James “Al” Hendrix. Young Jimmy (as he was referred to at the time) took an interest in music, drawing influence from virtually every major artist at the time, including B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Holly, and Robert Johnson. Entirely self-taught, Jimmy’s inability to read music made him concentrate even harder on the music he heard.

Al took notice of Jimmy’s interest in the guitar, recalling, “I used to have Jimmy clean up the bedroom all the time while I was gone, and when I would come home I would find a lot of broom straws around the foot of the bed. I’d say to him, `Well didn’t you sweep up the floor?’ and he’d say, `Oh yeah,’ he did. But I’d find out later that he used to be sitting at the end of the bed there and strumming the broom like he was playing a guitar.” Al found an old one-string ukulele, which he gave to Jimmy to play a huge improvement over the broom.
By the summer of 1958, Al had purchased Jimmy a five-dollar, second-hand acoustic guitar from one of his friends. Shortly thereafter, Jimmy joined his first band, The Velvetones. After a three-month stint with the group, Jimmy left to pursue his own interests. The following summer, Al purchased Jimmy his first electric guitar, a Supro Ozark 1560S; Jimi used it when he joined The Rocking Kings.

In 1961, Jimmy left home to enlist in the United States Army and in November 1962 earned the right to wear the “Screaming Eagles” patch for the paratroop division. While stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Jimmy formed The King Casuals with bassist Billy Cox. After being discharged due to an injury he received during a parachute jump, Jimmy began working as a session guitarist under the name Jimmy James. By the end of 1965, Jimmy had played with several marquee acts, including Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, the Isley Brothers, and Little Richard. Jimmy parted ways with Little Richard to form his own band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, shedding the role of back-line guitarist for the spotlight of lead guitar.

Throughout the latter half of 1965, and into the first part of 1966, Jimmy played the rounds of smaller venues throughout Greenwich Village, catching up with Animals’ bassist Chas Chandler during a July performance at Caf‚ Wha? Chandler was impressed with Jimmy’s performance and returned again in September 1966 to sign Hendrix to an agreement that would have him move to London to form a new band.

Switching gears from bass player to manager, Chandler’s first task was to change Hendrix’s name to “Jimi.” Featuring drummer Mitch Mitchell and bassist Noel Redding, the newly formed Jimi Hendrix Experience quickly became the talk of London in the fall of 1966.

The Experience’s first single, “Hey Joe,” spent ten weeks on the UK charts, topping out at spot No. 6 in early 1967. The debut single was quickly followed by the release of a full-length album Are You Experienced, a psychedelic musical compilation featuring anthems of a generation. Are You Experienced has remained one of the most popular rock albums of all time, featuring tracks like “Purple Haze,” “The Wind Cries Mary,” “Foxey Lady,” “Fire,” and “Are You Experienced?”

Although Hendrix experienced overwhelming success in Britain, it wasn’t until he returned to America in June 1967 that he ignited the crowd at the Monterey International Pop Festival with his incendiary performance of “Wild Thing.” Literally overnight, The Jimi Hendrix Experience became one of most popular and highest grossing touring acts in the world.

Hendrix followed Are You Experienced with Axis: Bold As Love. By 1968, Hendrix had taken greater control over the direction of his music; he spent considerable time working the consoles in the studio, with each turn of a knob or flick of the switch bringing clarity to his vision.

Back in America, Jimi Hendrix built his own recording studio, Electric Lady Studios in New York City. The name of this project became the basis for his most demanding musical release, a two LP collection, Electric Ladyland. Throughout 1968, the demands of touring and studio work took its toll on the group and in 1969 the Experience disbanded.

The summer of 1969 brought emotional and musical growth to Jimi Hendrix. In playing the Woodstock Music & Art Fair in August 1969, Jimi joined forces with an eclectic ensemble called Gypsy Sun & Rainbows featuring Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Juma Sultan, and Jerry Velez. The Woodstock performance was highlighted by the renegade version of “Star Spangled Banner,” which brought the mud-soaked audience to a frenzy.
Nineteen sixty-nine also brought about a new and defining collaboration featuring Jimi Hendrix on guitar, bassist Billy Cox and Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles. Performing as the Band of Gypsys, this trio launched a series of four New Year’s performances on December 31, 1969 and January 1, 1970. Highlights from these performances were compiled and later released on the quintessential Band of Gypsys album in mid-1970 and the expanded Hendrix: Live At The Fillmore East in 1999.

As 1970 progressed, Jimi brought back drummer Mitch Mitchell to the group and together with Billy Cox on bass, this new trio once again formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience. In the studio, the group recorded several tracks for another two LP set, tentatively titled First Rays Of The New Rising Sun. Unfortunately, Hendrix was unable to see this musical vision through to completion due to his hectic worldwide touring schedules, then tragic death on September 18, 1970. Fortunately, the recordings Hendrix slated for release on the album were finally issued through the support of his family and original studio engineer Eddie Kramer on the 1997 release First Rays Of The New Rising Sun.

From demo recordings to finished masters, Jimi Hendrix generated an amazing collection of songs over the course of his short career. The music of Jimi Hendrix embraced the influences of blues, ballads, rock, R&B, and jazz a collection of styles that continue to make Hendrix one of the most popular figures in the history of rock music.

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