Jimi Hendrix
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perhaps no other rock-and-roll trailblazer was as
original or as influential in such a short span of time as .
Widely acknowledged as one of the most daring and inventive virtuosos in
rock history, Hendrix pioneered the electric guitar (he played a right-
handed Fender Stratocaster-- his "Electric ....
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.... King and
Robert Johnson. He slung his guitar over his back and left home to enlist
in the 101st Division of the Air Force (the "Screaming Eagles"), where he
served as a parachute jumper until an injury led to his discharge. Hendrix
then began working as a session guitarist under the name Jimmy James,
playing behind such marquee acts as Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner, and the
Isley Brothers. After gigging extensively with Little Richard in 1964,
Hendrix became entangled in a contract dispute wi ....
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