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Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix

Artist Biography For Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix born Johnny Allen Hendrix November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 Was An American Rock Guitarist Singer And Songwriter. Although His Mainstream Career Spanned Only Four Years He Is Widely Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Electric Guitarists In The History Of Popular Music And One Of The Most Celebrated Musicians Of The 20th Century. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Describes Him As "arguably The Greatest Instrumentalist In The History Of Rock Music". Born In Seattle Washington Hendrix Began Playing Guitar At The Age Of 15. In 1961 He Enlisted In The U.S. Army And Trained As A Paratrooper In The 101st Airborne Division He Was Granted An Honorable Discharge The Following Year. Soon Afterward He Moved To Clarksville Tennessee And Began Playing Gigs On The Chitlin' Circuit Earning A Place In The Isley Brothers' Backing Band And Later With Little Richard With Whom He Continued To Work Through Mid-1965. He Then Played With Curtis Knight And The Squires Before Moving To England In Late 1966 After Being Discovered By Linda Keith Who In Turn Interested Bassist Chas Chandler Of The Animals In Becoming His First Manager. Within Months Hendrix Had Earned Three UK Top Ten Hits With The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Hey Joe" "Purple Haze" And "The Wind Cries Mary". He Achieved Fame In The U.S. After His Performance At The Monterey Pop Festival In 1967 And In 1968 His Third And Final Studio Album Electric Ladyland Reached Number One In The U.S. It Was Hendrix's Most Commercially Successful Release And His First And Only Number One Album. The World's Highest-Paid Performer He Headlined The Woodstock Festival In 1969 And The Isle Of Wight Festival In 1970 Before His Accidental Death From Barbiturate-Related Asphyxia On September 18 1970 At The Age Of 27. Hendrix Was Inspired Musically By American Rock And Roll And Electric Blues. He Favored Overdriven Amplifiers With High Volume And Gain And Was Instrumental In Utilizing The Previously Undesirable Sounds Caused By Guitar Amplifier Feedback. He Helped To Popularize The Use Of A Wah-Wah Pedal In Mainstream Rock And Was The First Artist To Use Stereophonic Phasing Effects In Music Recordings. Holly George-Warren Of Rolling Stone Commented "Hendrix Pioneered The Use Of The Instrument As An Electronic Sound Source. Players Before Him Had Experimented With Feedback And Distortion But Hendrix Turned Those Effects And Others Into A Controlled Fluid Vocabulary Every Bit As Personal As The Blues With Which He Began." Hendrix Was The Recipient Of Several Music Awards During His Lifetime And Posthumously. In 1967 Readers Of Melody Maker Voted Him The Pop Musician Of The Year And In 1968 Rolling Stone Declared Him The Performer Of The Year. Disc And Music Echo Honored Him With The World Top Musician Of 1969 And In 1970 Guitar Player Named Him The Rock Guitarist Of The Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1992 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. Rolling Stone Ranked The Band's Three Studio Albums Are You Experienced Axis Bold As Love And Electric Ladyland Among The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time And They Ranked Hendrix As The Greatest Guitarist And The Sixth Greatest Artist Of All Time. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.

Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Purple Haze

Recorded In 1966 Purple Haze Was The Second Single By The Jimi Hendrix Experience Released In Both The UK And The US. It Also Appeared On The US Release Of Their 1967 Album Are You Experienced. 'Purple Haze' Is Often Cited As One Of Jimi Hendrix's Greatest Songs For Many It Is His Signature Song. Purple Haze Became The Follow-Up Release To "Hey Joe" After His Manager Chas Chandler Heard Him Playing The Riff Backstage And Suggested That He Write Lyrics To Go With It. Hendrix Claimed This Was Inspired By A Dream Where He Was Walking Under The Sea. In The Dream He Said A Purple Haze Surrounded Him Engulfed Him And Got Him Lost. It Was A Traumatic Experience But In His Dream His Faith In Jesus Saved Him. Hendrix Claimed This Had Nothing To Do With Drugs Instead It Could Refer To Some Themes In Sci-Fi Comics He Was Fond Of About Purple Rays. However The Lyrics Seem To Vividly Portray An Acid Trip And Hendrix Was Doing Plenty Of Drugs At The Time. The Single Peaked At Number Three In The UK But Only Number 65 In The US Where It Was Released On June 19 A Month After The UK LP “Are You Experienced” And Three Months After The UK Single. In March 2005 Q Magazine Ranked “Purple Haze” At Number One In Its List Of The 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. The Rolling Stone Magazine Placed The Song At No. 17 In Their “500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.” This Song Was Featured On Guitar Hero World Tour Along With Another Jimi Hendrix Song Wind Cries Mary. In Guitar Hero World Tour This Song Is In A Lower Tone Than It Really Is Because In Guitar Hero World Tour It Was A Live Recording.

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