Born November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Hendrix was called a phenomenon and a genius during his lifetime. He opened up an endless source of new sound possibilities. Jimi had an affection for his grandmother, Nora Rose Moore. Nora, whose father was half-Irish and half-Cherokee and mother was mulatto, instilled in Jimi pride in his American heritage. Jimi's grandparents were variety show actors in Vancouver. After the death of his mother, Jimi bought an acoustic guitar for $5, thus determining his future. After dropping out of school, he devoted all his free time to playing the guitar and listening to old records. Jimi was left-handed from birth, but his father Al tried to force him to play with his right hand, as he believed that left-handedness was associated with the devil. As a result, Jimi played with his right hand with his father, otherwise there was a risk of losing the guitar once and for all. However, when his father left, he turned the guitar over and as a result was able to master the "upside-down" technique, that is, to play like a left-hander, but on a guitar tuned for a right-hander. His first band was The Velvetones. Soon he was sentenced to 2 years in prison for stealing a car. But his lawyer was able to change the sentence to 2 years of military service in the 101st Airborne Division. Less than a year later, Hendrix was discharged due to a parachute jump injury. In 1964, Jimi Hendrix moved to New York, where, under the pseudonym Maurice James, he began working as a guest guitarist with artists such as Sam Cooke, Tina Turner and The Isley Brothers. For some time he played in Little Richard's band, but their relationship did not work out, and Hendrix left, took a new pseudonym Jimmy James and founded his own band The Rain Flowers, which he then renamed The Blue Flames. When at one of The Blue Flames' performances at Cafe Wha? Linda Keith, a friend of Keith Richards, saw Hendrix, she was amazed by his game and could not believe that he was not famous. Linda introduced Hendrix to Chas Chandler, who left The Animals, who signed a contract with Hendrix, becoming his producer, and helped assemble a new group, The Jimi Hendrix Experience. In 1968, Hendrix decided to return to the United States and founded his own recording studio in New York, where he could realize any of his musical ideas. The construction of the studio, which was named "Electric Lady", was completed only in the mid-1970s, after the death of Hendrix. On August 30, 1970, Hendrix performed for the last time in the UK at the Isle of Wight festival with Mitchell and Cox. Hendrix expressed his dissatisfaction with the fans because they demanded to play old hits and did not want to know about Hendrix's new musical ideas. A video recording of this concert was released under the title "Wild Blue Angel". On September 6, at his last performance at the Open Air Love & Peace Festival, held on the island of Fehmarn in Germany, Hendrix was initially met with an extremely unwelcome audience (the festival was overshadowed by terrible weather and looting by "Hell's Angels" hired by the organizers as security) , but after the first number he took control of the situation and successfully completed the concert, which included 13 songs. Hendrix remained in England and was found dead on the morning of September 18, 1970 in a room at the Samarkand Hotel in London. Jimi Hendrix is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Renton, Washington (where his mother is buried) - contrary to the will to be buried in England. He is one of the seven musicians included in the Club 27. Jimi Hendrix's posthumous discography has over 350 recordings. In 2009, Time magazine named Hendrix the greatest guitarist of all time. Widely recognized as one of the most daring and inventive virtuosos in the history of rock music.