Jimi Hendrix:

The undisputed king of acid blues himself! Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington but got his big break in England in the late 1960s after teaming up with Mitch Mitchell (drums) and Noel Redding (bass). He got very little notice as the guitarist for Joey Dee and the Starlighters (many of whom later became The Rascals) and for his work with Little Richard but grew to dominate the psychadelic rock scene just a few years later, becoming a good friend to Eric Clapton and generally loved by all he encountered. Although he passed from this life a few years before I was born, I still find myself referring to him as "Brother Jimi" quite often. Some of his best works (IMHO) include the studio tracks: The Wind Cries Mary, Third Stone from the Sun, The Burning of the Midnight Lamp and his cover of All Along the Watchtower (penned by Bob Dylan and featuring Dave Mason on rhythm guitar). I would also recommend an awesome live album: Jimi Plays Monterey. That album contains not only his famous and destructive cover of Wild Thing but also a blistering performance of his rendition of The Killing Floor. As with many fires that burn brightly from their beginnings, Jimi burned out ahead of his time from aspiration caused by a drug overdose. However, Jimi lives on and if remembering the dead and speaking of them causes them live once more, he is truly immortal.
 

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