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==Career==
==Career==
Jimi Hendrix is recognized as perhaps one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history. He is often refered to as a musical genius. After success in [[England]], he achieved notoriety following his 1967 performance at the [[Monterey Pop Festival]]. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 [[Woodstock Festival|Woodstock]] before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. He was found dead in a [[London]] hotel room in 1970 after [[aspirating]] on his own vomit; he is believed to have been under the influence of [[barbiturates]] at the time.
Jimi Hendrix is recognized as perhaps one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history. He is often referred to as a musical genius. After success in [[England]], he achieved notoriety following his 1967 performance at the [[Monterey Pop Festival]]. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 [[Woodstock Festival|Woodstock]] before his death in 1970, at the age of 27. He was found dead in a [[London]] hotel room in 1970 after [[aspirating]] on his own vomit; he is believed to have been under the influence of [[barbiturates]] at the time.
==Influence on Mainstream Music==
==Influence on Mainstream Music==
He is most famous for his performance at the infamous [[Woodstock]] rock [[festival]] of August 1969, where he performed a psychedelic rendition of the [[National Anthem]] using [[audio feedback]] and other effects to produce the sounds of battle and helicopters, and for his singles "Purple Haze", "Crosstown Traffic", "Foxy Lady", and "All Along the Watchtower" (a cover of a [[Bob Dylan]] song).
He is most famous for his performance at the infamous [[Woodstock]] rock [[festival]] of August 1969, where he performed a psychedelic rendition of the [[National Anthem]] using [[audio feedback]] and other effects to produce the sounds of battle and helicopters, and for his singles "Purple Haze", "Crosstown Traffic", "Foxy Lady", and "All Along the Watchtower" (a cover of a [[Bob Dylan]] song).
==Discography==
==Discography==
*Are You Experienced? (1967)
*Are You Experienced? (1967)
*Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
*Axis: Bold as Love (1967)