HAPPY BIRTHDAY

JAMES MARSHALL “JIMI” HENDRIX

November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970

Celebrating the life, music and legacy of the world’s greatest guitarist on his 79th birthday.

#HappyBirthdayJimi #StayExperienced

Today, the critically acclaimed documentary film Music. Money. Madness… Jimi Hendrix: Live In Maui received a 2022 GRAMMY Award nomination for “Best Music Film.” The hit film chronicling The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s storied July 1970 visit to Maui and how they came ensnared with the ill-fated Rainbow Bridge movie will be up for the award during the 64th GRAMMY Awards on January 31, 2022.

The PURPLE HAZE™ playlist is a celebration of Jimi Hendrix’s incredible music legacy featuring a multitude of unique concert recordings from throughout his career. From a behind-the-scenes story of the song’s recording process through to more than a dozen rare live concert recordings representing different interpretations of the classic song.

‘Official Bootleg’ Label Offers Expanded Vinyl Edition of Legendary 1967 Performance

Dagger Records is proud to release Jimi Hendrix Experience: Paris 67 for Record Store Day (November 26). This 150-gram red-and-blue colored vinyl LP presents the original Jimi Hendrix Experience lineup—Hendrix, bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell in peak form at the famed Olympia Theater in Paris on October 9, 1967.

“Hey Joe” b/w “Stone Free” was the first single to put Jimi Hendrix on the map; but it was “Purple Haze” that made him a superstar. With a rough set of initial lyrics penned backstage before a gig at London’s The Upper Cut club in December 1966, the song’s evolution eventually saw the finished song debut as a UK single in March 1967 and later in the starring role as the opening track on US release of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s debut album Are You Experienced in August 1967.

JAMES “JIMI” MARSHALL HENDRIX
Forever In Our Hearts
November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970

Record Collector Presents … Jimi Hendrix, out September 2, is available to pre-order here: https://bit.ly/37Uzhys

Record Collector Presents … Jimi Hendrix is a special edition magazine devoted entirely to the greatest rock guitarist of his time. Featuring guides to his most sought-after worldwide rarities and a comprehensive UK discography; in-depth articles on the making of his classic second album, Axis: Bold As Love; his final months and the recording sessions for his never-to-be-finished fourth album; an examination of his relationship with politics; a look at his early years as a musical gun for hire; new features from some of RC’s best writers on his studio albums and the landmark live sets; an indispensable guide to the tangled web of his posthumous releases; fan profiles; and plenty more.

Experience Hendrix and the Hendrix family are saddened to learn of the passing of legendary keyboardist and session musician Mike Finnigan who passed away yesterday at the age of 76.

For more than 50 years Mike has been involved in the music industry and recorded or toured with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Peter Frampton, Cher, Ringo Starr, David Coverdale, Bonnie Raitt, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Steve Winwood; Crosby, Stills & Nash among a host of others.

Experience Hendrix and the Hendrix family are deeply saddened at the passing of Lithofayne “Faye” Pridgon at the age of 80.

By 1964, Jimi Hendrix had gravitated to Harlem, the home for black music on the East Coast. It was here that Jimi met Faye, a fixture in the Harlem scene, in a club.