Jimi Hendrix
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Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was a Seattle-born rock guitarist, who pioneered the modern sound of the electric guitar.
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 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" (the cover of a Bob Dylan song).
He was found dead in a London hotel room in 1970 after choking on his own vomit; he is believed to have been under the influence of barbiturates at the time.