Profile
Famous as :
Guitarist, singer, songwriter and producerBirth Name :
James Marshall HendrixBirth Date :
November 27, 1942Birth Place :
Seattle, Washington, USAClaim to fame :
Song "Purple Haze" (1966)
Jimi Hendrix's Music Goes to Guitar Hero
July 18, 2008 03:07:02Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's music are finally being made available on famous music game "Guitar Hero". This happened after the company that owned the rights for all of Hendrix's music Experience Hendrix has agreed to release the legend's music for the new installment of the famous game "Guitar Hero: World Tour", which will be dropped on October 27.
Both representatives from Hendrix and the game producers have confirmed the news to the press. "Guitar Hero really was on the ball and and they were biting at the bit to get this out this year, so, we just accommodated them, " Janie Hendrix representing Experince Hendrix explained. "Jimi was a kid at heart - he definitely would have played these games." Meanwhile, a spokesperson from the game's publiser, Aaron Grant told AP, "It's the first time Hendrix's likeness will be showcased in the game."
Jimi Hendrix's Sex Tape Branded Fake
May 03, 2008 11:05:37Experience Hendrix, the company which owns the copyright to the music of the late musician Jimi Hendrix, is questioning the authenticity of the late musician's alleged sex tape which has been put for sale on the Internet on Tuesday, April 29. It was reported earlier this week that porn video giant Vivid Entertainment obtained from an unnamed collector a 40-year-old clip of a man resembling Hendrix having sex with two girls. The Los Angeles-based adult entertainment company will put the sex tape DVD in stores starting next Tuesday, May 6.
Challenged the authenticity of the alleged three-some sex tape, Experience Hendrix, the company that controls the rights to Hendrix's music and likeness issued a statement Thursday, May 1 saying, "We strongly dispute the claimed authenticity and affirmatively state that Experience Hendrix is neither involved in, nor have we authorized the distribution of this film." In its further statement, the company called the distribution of the tape as "callous attempt to trade on the image and reputation of a deceased artist who is unable to defend himself against such an outrageous and baseless assertion. We are highly offended by the disgraceful portrayal."
Vivid Entertainment Releasing Jimi Hendrix's Threesome Sex Tape
April 30, 2008 10:04:06"Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape" is on sale. Los Angeles-based adult entertainment company Vivid Entertainment announced it has acquired from a memorabilia collector a sex tape featuring the late guitar god and already released it for sale on the Internet on Tuesday, April 29.
The 11-minutes footage, allegedly showed a man resembling Hendrix having sex with two unidentified women, is packaged in a 45-minute DVD, titled "Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape", by Vivid. The footage, according to a statement from Vivid, was filmed in a hotel room in the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix Among Music City Hall of Fame Inductees
October 12, 2007 01:10:00
Jimi Hendrix, Vince Gill and other music greats are set to be inducted to Music City Hall of Fame. Sponsored by Gibson Guitar, the event will see six honorees inducted on November 5 in the Hall of Fame Park, Nashville.
Beside the renown musicians, the list also include Grammy award-winning singer Rodney Crowell, country songwriter Bob DiPiero, record producer Buddy Killen, and Barbara 'The Princess of Steel' Mandrell.
Led Zeppelin's Hits Topped Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time
August 04, 2007 01:08:07
Led Zeppelin has topped the Q Magazine list of Greatest Guitar Tracks of All Time. Of all 20 songs listed, two of the rock band's hits "Black Dog" and "Dazed and Confused" are placed at no 1 and 2 respectively.
The list was chosen by the rock experts: Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones, The Police's Andy Summers, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Zeppelin's very own guitarist Jimmy Page.
Rare Love Footage & Two Records Released in One Package
May 16, 2007 04:05:51
Rock outfit Love that rose to prominence in late '60s will have two of their 'so-so' albums molded into one record. The fifth and sixth album that was recorded for Blue Thumb Records would be out on June 26 via Hip-O Select/Geffen Records under the name "The Blue Thumb Recordings".
The record will be made a triple disc package whereby one disc contain the tracks from the band's 1969 album "Out Here". In comparison to their 1967 album "Forever Changes", this record is no value that it barely reached the number 100 in Billboard 200 chart. Some said that the experimental and free-flowing sound featured in this album sounds like a rush and the B-side of "Four Sail" which was released in the same year.
Patti Smith Speaks Up on "Twelve"
February 07, 2007 03:02:17
Patti Smith is going to have her next album, "Twelve", released via Columbia Records on April 17th later this year.
The set, as said by Smith, will carry in it her renditions of Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise," Neil Young's "Helpless" and Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants To Rule the World."
Fans Won't Experience Jimi Hendrix Liquid
January 25, 2007 01:01:05
California-based company Beverage Concepts provokes controversy with their plan to release a non-alcoholic "Liquid Experience" drinks, which is named after Jimi Hendrix's breakthrough 1967 album, "Are You Experienced?"
It is okay with the product, but the concept obviously makes the guitarist's fans upset. Despite the fact that Beverage Concepts has said to honor Hendrix's memory by donating some of the profit from the Liquid Experience to an unidentified music education foundation, still it makes fans unhappy.
Masterworks Added to National Recording Registry
April 12, 2006 12:04:40
50 recordings by veteran artists, like Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder and B.B. King, are being added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. Why those masterworks and not the others? It is all because the recordings are considered to be "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
As of Wonder, he makes the list with his 1976 double album, "Songs in the Key of Life", while Hendrix's "Are You Experienced?", which was hailed as one of the "most groundbreaking guitar albums of the rock era, leads the newcomers. Music legend B.B. King is recognized for his legendary 1965 live concert album, "Live at the Regal".
"Jimi Hendrix -- Live at Woodstock" DVD
August 06, 2005 10:08:54Memory is something too precious to be forgotten and erased from our mind. With such realization in mind, Jimi Hendrix will, on September 13, release the DVD "Jimi Hendrix -- Live at Woodstock."
The double-disc set will depict Hendrix's closing performance at Woodstock on August 18, 1969, which is considered by many as one of the most iconic moments in rock history. Moreover, it will also capture the singer's only performances with the extended backing band Gypsy Sun And Rainbows.
