When veteran music journalist Philip Norman turns his attention to a musician, the word “definitive” is not an understatement. For while many of his subjects are themselves subjects of dozens—even ...

Cross (Heavier than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain) turns his thoughtful eye toward another Seattle music icon, Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970). With a storyteller's eye, he captures Hendrix's difficult, ...

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is widely considered to be the greatest electric ...

One of rock and roll’s most influential artists, Jimi Hendrix, left a staggering mark on the genre within a short time frame. The famed guitarist’s debut album, Are You Experienced, was released in ...

Jimi Hendrix’s professional music career kicked off in the early 1960s. In the early days of his career, he played backup guitar for artists under the name Jimmy James. These acts included Sam Cooke, ...

On top of writing songs, playing guitar, and singing on his records, Jimi Hendrix was obsessive about the technical aspects of recording sessions. Any Hendrix biography that digs into his studio work ...

Jimi Hendrix was many things—a talented musician, an experimental artist, a style icon, an activist, a philosopher. But those who knew him well saw another side of him. Hendrix, who died in 1970 at ...

With the exception of James Dean, who made only three films, there might be no pop-culture icon who has done more with less than the late Jimi Hendrix. The ultimate guitar hero released just three ...

Charles R. Cross, the celebrated Seattle music writer who penned books on Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix, and was editor of influential Pacific Northwest magazine The ...