The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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A rare tape of unknown versions of several Jimi Hendrix classics is coming up for auction
By Fraser Lewry published
The rare Jimi Hendrix tape, recorded in 1968, is expected to fetch up to £200,000 next month

The night Jimi Hendrix saved Engelbert Humperdinck
By Fraser Lewry published
Crooner Engelbert Humperdinck reveals how Jimi Hendrix became his guitarist – for one night only

Five days after releasing Hey Joe, Jimi Hendrix played a casino in a hotel basement
By Chris Welch published
In late 1966 writer Chris Welch saw The Who play at a tiny East London club. Later that day, he saw Jimi Hendrix in an even smaller venue

The greatest songs Jimi Hendrix ever recorded
By Classic Rock last updated
In four short years Jimi Hendrix created a rock'n'roll revolution, changing the way guitarists played their instruments and redefining what was possible in music itself

Jimi Hendrix's London: an interactive map
By Fraser Lewry published
Hotels, hangouts, crash pads, recording studios, sweaty gigs, swanky nightclubs… and where it all ended in tragedy: Jimi Hendrix was here

"The sheer firepower of the Jimi Hendrix Experience is palpable throughout." The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Live At The Hollywood Bowl, August 18, 1967
By Julian Marszalek published
An early onslaught in the US finds The Jimi Hendrix Experience establishing their credentials on Hollywood Bowl August 67

Six songs to understand the electrifying genius of Mitch Mitchell
By Rich Chamberlain published
A jazz-schooled drummer at the forefront of the rock explosion, Mitchell brought the two genres together to devastating effect as part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience

Listen to Jimi Hendrix rip through a previously unreleased live version of Killing Floor in 1967
By Fraser Lewry published
The live version of Killing Floor is taken from a previously unheard recording made at the Hollywood Bowl in August 1967, when Hendrix was supporting The Mamas & The Papas

Jimi Hendrix: murder, the mafia, and the multiple mysteries surrounding the death of rock's most influential guitarist
By Harry Shapiro published
Jimi Hendrix biographer Harry Shapiro talks to former Jimi Hendrix roadie James ‘Tappy’ Wright and reconsiders the mysteries surrounding Jimi's death
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