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Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, born on the 27th of November 1942 and widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as part of his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which the institution calls arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music.
Jimi Hendrix died in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia on the 18th of September 1970, at the age of 27. The coroner concluded that he aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with barbiturates, and declared an open verdict citing insufficient evidence of the circumstances.
Jimi Hendrix's first instrument was a one-string ukulele he found in someone's garbage in 1957, on which he learned single notes by ear following Elvis Presley songs. His first acoustic guitar came in mid-1958 for five dollars, and his father bought him a white Supro Ozark electric guitar in mid-1959.
Chas Chandler, who was leaving the Animals, signed Jimi Hendrix and brought him to London on the 24th of September 1966. Hendrix was first noticed by Linda Keith, the girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, who referred him to Chandler after other managers rejected him.
Electric Ladyland, released in 1968, was Jimi Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his only number-one album on the US Billboard 200. His debut Are You Experienced peaked at number two in the UK in 1967, and Axis: Bold as Love followed as the Experience's second album.
Jimi Hendrix first set his guitar on fire on the 31st of March 1967 at the London Astoria, after journalist Keith Altham joked that it was a pity he could not set fire to his guitar. Hendrix said he decided to destroy his guitar as a sacrifice, explaining that you sacrifice the things you love.
Jimi Hendrix enlisted in the US Army on the 31st of May 1961 after being given a choice between prison and the Army, and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He earned the Screaming Eagles patch on the 11th of January 1962 but was granted a general discharge under honorable conditions on the 29th of June 1962.