Jimi Hendrix: References & Edit History
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David Henderson, ’Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky, rev. ed. (1981, reissued 1996; originally published as Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child of the Aquarian Age, 1978), is a thoroughly researched though sometimes inelegant biography. Charles Shaar Murray, Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop (1989), presents a serious examination of Hendrix’s life, work, and influence from musical, historical, and cultural perspectives. Tony Brown, Jimi Hendrix: A Visual Documentary—His Life, Loves and Music (1992), chronicles in detail the daily events of Hendrix’s life and is copiously illustrated. Harry Shapiro and Caesar Glebbeek, Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy, rev. and updated ed. (1995), is an informative biography augmented by a chronology, discography, and family tree. Charles R. Cross, Room Full of Mirrors (2005), offers a thorough account of Hendrix’s life.
Representative Works
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Are You Experienced? (1967)
- Axis: Bold as Love (1968)
- Electric Ladyland (1968)
- BBC Sessions (1998)
Jimi Hendrix
- Band of Gypsys (1970)
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Masters - Jimi Hendrix. | Oct 19, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Mentioned Are You Experienced? being included in the National Recording Registry. | May 08, 2026 | ||
| Article restructured and top questions added. | Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - This Week in History: Jimi Hendrix was born. | Feb 13, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Jimi Hendrix, Before He Was Famous. | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - The real Jimi Hendrix experience. | Jun 21, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Jimi Hendrix. | Nov 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryLink.org - Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970). | Mar 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous African Americans - Biography of Jimi Hendrix. | Apr 25, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MY HERO Project - Biography of Jimi Hendrix. | Dec 05, 2019 | ||
| Noted the 1992 induction of the Jimi Hendrix Experience into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. | Jun 07, 2018 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 17, 2017 | ||
| Noted that Hendrix arrived in England in September 1966 not August 1966. | Dec 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Jimi Hendrix. | Sep 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Jimi Hendrix. | Sep 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Jimi Hendrix. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - The Jimi Hendrix Experience. | Apr 08, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of Jimi Hendrix. | Feb 10, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of Jimi Marshall Hendrix. | Feb 10, 2012 | ||
| Add new Web site: All About Jazz - Jimi Hendrix. | Feb 10, 2012 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 19, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Dec 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 09, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Oct 27, 1999 |