Jimi Hendrix was a beloved rock icon known for his out-of-this-world guitar skills. Before his death in 1970 at the age of 27, Hendrix became known for his music as well as his unique style of ...

There are multiple moments in Jimi Hendrix’s short but eventful career that are hailed as iconic: his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock, setting his Fender Stratocaster alight at ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When Jimi Hendrix plays, the house comes down. It doesn't fall in small pieces but in chunks, and ...

Jimi Hendrix first started his career as a backing guitarist for rock ‘n’ roll legends like Little Richard and The Isley Brothers. But long before he began performing as a professional guitarist, he ...

Jimi Hendrix admitted to being envious of another guitarist's skills. Find out who left the rock legend in awe and why he ...

On March 31, 1967, guitar legend Jimi Hendrix kicked off a trend that he would continue for the rest of his career. Specifically, Hendrix set his guitar on fire for the very first time, something that ...

The electric guitar has become such a fixture in popular culture we now take it for granted. Despite groundbreaking modern guitar slingers like Saint Vincent, H.E.R. and Tosin Abasi, traditional rock ...

Every world famous artist had to start somewhere. For Jimi Hendrix, that somewhere was Seattle where he started his six-string journey with an old ukulele. As the story goes, a teenage Hendrix was ...

Billy Davis, a guitar legend and bonafide badass who lives in Southfield. Credit: Courtesy photo It’s true: the man credited with teaching Jimi Hendrix how to play the guitar lives right in Southfield ...