Jimi Hendrix
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, the greatest guitarist in rock history, revolutionized
the sound of rock. In 1967, the Experience rocked the nation
with their first album, Are You Experienced?. Hendrix's life was cut short
by the tragedy of drugs in 1970, when he was only twenty seven years old.
In these three years the sound of rock changed greatly, and Hendrix's
g ....
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.... Ike and Tina Turner,
Solomon Burke, Jackie Wilson, Littler Richard, Wilson Pickett, and King
Curtis (Clifford, pg. 181). Using the name Jimmy James, he toured with a
bunch of R & B shows, including six months as a member of James Brown's
Famous Flames (Stambler, pg. 290). At the Cafe Wha! in New York, in 1966,
Hendrix decided to try singing. Jimi lucked out when a man by the name of
Charles "Chas" Chandler from Eric Burdon's Animals heard hi ....
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Number of words: 873
Number of pages: 4 (approx. 250 words per double-spaced page)
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