Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall Hendrix, born November 27, 1942 in Seattle, USA, and died September 18, 1970 in London, England, better known as Jimi Hendrix, is a guitarist, songwriter and American singer, founder of the Anglo-American group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, active from 1966 to 1970. Despite an international career of only four years, he is considered one of the greatest players of electric guitar and one of the most important musicians of the Twentieth century.

Jimi Hendrix is one of the most innovative artists of popular music of his century, particularly because of his revolutionary approach to his instrument and his original recording techniques in the studio. Hendrix not only had the distinction of being a left-handed guitarist, but also played most often on a right-handed guitar.