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Jimi Hendrix: Music
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Jimi Hendrix is one of those extraordinary hubs of music where everybody lands at some point. Every musician passes through Hendrix International Airport eventually -- whether you're a Black Sabbath fan or an Elmore James fan; whether you like Hanson or the Grateful Dead. He is the common denominator of every style of contemporary music. There were so many sides to his playing. Was he a bluesman? Listen to "Voodoo Chile" and you'll hear some of the eeriest blues you can find.
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Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is one of the most popular rock and rollers of all time. Though long dead, his influence lives on. His music and his life epitomize the rock and roll philosophy: live as you please; don't allow anyone to put restrictions upon you; flaunt any law that gets in your way; have fun while you can; if it feels good do it.
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Jimi Hendrix often dreamt of sounds he wanted to bring out through his music. He ... associated colors with sounds, visualizing the color purple as jealousy or anger, the color green as envy, and the full spectrum of a rainbow as a special girl in his life. The musical colors painted a 3-D effect of emotions that he wanted to portray throughout his music, much as an artist would use a paintbrush and paint to bring out images they envisioned.
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Published to coincide with the thirty-fifth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, Room Full of Mirrors gives full voice to the music that continues to enthrall each successive generation of rock fans. Hendrix's colorful, tumultuous life is brilliantly detailed in Charles Cross's latest rock bio. The legend lives on — and rightly so.
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On September 24, 1966 Hendrix arrived in London. For the first time the spelling of his first name had been changed from Jimmy to Jimi. However, he hardly needed a name change to make an impression. His effect on London was electrifying as he absorbed the phycedelic movement in music. Chandler introduced him to England. Following an impromptu jam with Cream, Jimi Hendrix was a rising star in London.
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The British rock session drummer, Rocki, who has recorded with many famous groups such as the Rolling Stones, Spooky Tooth, and Ginger Baker, understood that the music of Jimi Hendrix was akin to that of voodoo. Note the following amazing statement from Hendrix's biography:
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