If you had to guess what was in Jimi Hendrix’s record collection, what might you imagine? Buddy Guy? Muddy Waters? Bob Dylan? You’d be correct with each of those responses. As Guitar Player learned ...

The post How to Get the Guitar Sound from Jimi Hendrix’s Iconic “Star-Spangled Banner” Performance appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Jimi Hendrix forever changed electric guitar playing at ...

Tuesday, June 17 will mark the first Blu-ray release of Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle of Wight, the enrapturing film that documents the guitar legend’s August 1970 performance before ...

Although far from a traditional Blues guitarist, even Hendrix’s most psychedelic guitar solos were steeped in the Blues of Howlin’ Wolf and Buddy Guy. Tracing his career from backup musician to the ...

Jimi Hendrix changed the music world with his guitar playing in a brief but prolific four years. In iconic stature, he rivals Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones as one of rock and roll’s ...

Jimi Hendrix was born 75 years ago today. He was only 27 when he died on Sept. 18, 1970. But in that short time Hendrix irrevocably changed the electric guitar — and, with it, rock ‘n’ roll — with his ...

Our first listen from the latest record of Jimi Hendrix music no one saw fit to release for decades is here! “Somewhere,” off of the March 5 album People, Hell, and Angels — the first compilation of ...

One could spend years, maybe even decades, learning about how vital Jimi Hendrix was to the evolution of rock guitar. There’s a library worth of books about the man’s life, his art and the tragedy of ...

For those who think they are virtuosic enough, we have picked the easiest Jimi Hendrix songs to play on guitar to start with. Jimi Hendrix was born in 1942 in Seattle. His first touch and introduction ...

Ronnie Wood didn’t have to wait long to become a notable musician. Before joining The Rolling Stones, he was a teenage star in The Birds, who had some success in England, played a stolen bass in the ...