Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced?*

by Jimi Hendrix

(Easy Recorded Versions). All 17 songs from the re-released album including: Are You Experienced * Foxy Lady * Hey Joe * Purple Haze.

Genres: Music

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Hendrix is considered one of the greatest and most influential guitarists in rock music history. After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the USA following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Hendrix helped develop the technique of guitar feedback with overdriven amplifiers. He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Albert King, and Elmore James, rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by some modern jazz.

Carlos Santana has suggested that Hendrix's music may have been influenced by his Native American heritage. As a record producer, Hendrix also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas; he was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects during recording.

Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime and has been posthumously awarded many more, including being inducted into the USA's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage "Blue plaque" was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street, London in September 1997 and his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut USA album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United States National Recording Registry and Rolling Stone named Hendrix number 1 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although the book was very informative, it never gave me any motivation to keep reading. I was not very interested because there wasn't a plot to follow it was just his life in very up close detail. Since I first listened to Hendrix his music has always been captivating almost sending me to this zone of calmness. Even though his music was phenomenal the book explaining his life doesn't do his music the justice it deserves. All in all it was a mediocre book, for me it struggled on describing his music and mainly struggled on talking about Jimi himself, but talked about the rock star Jimi.

[Jason · Rating 5 out of 5]

An essential, foundational album and music for guitarists! When I first picked up a guitar at age 14, I spent hours learning to play these songs backwards and forwards! Jimi changed the world of guitar with this album...

[Paolo Posso · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helped me a lot to play many songs that I always wanted to play but didn't know how to start.