Interesting Facts About Jimi Hendrix:
1)Is generally considered to have been rock's most innovative electric guitarist.
2)Was left handed.
3)As an Army paratrooper, Hendrix followed up a jump by trying to recreate the sound of the air rushing by, with his guitar and amplifier, back at the barracks.
4)Was one-quarter Cherokee, through his grandmother.
5)Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience) in 1992.
6)Played his next to last performance at the infamous Isle of Wight festival in August 1970.
7)Name was legally changed from "Johnny Allen Hendrix" to "James Marshall Hendrix" on September 11, 1946. He was 3 years old at the time.
8)Was the first musician inducted into the Native American Music Hall of Fame.
9)He was voted the 6th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone. He was also voted the greatest guitarist of all time in a 2003 poll by Rolling Stone, a claim few would dispute.
10)He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6627 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
11)Ranked #51 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
12)In spite of his legendary status, he only had one #1 hit with "All Along the Watchtower".