On a day like today but in 1970, Jimmy Hendrix passed away at the young age of 27. Although he did not have much time to develop his career, he did not need it either. With a prodigious technique for playing the guitar and an artistic vision unprecedented at the time, the American musician laid the foundations for what would become a new rock.
His style was well marked, with influences from blues and funk, Hendrix He ventured into rock but added a psychedelic tone, a novelty for the time.. And not only that, but his way of playing the guitar marked a before and after in the genre, mainly due to his virtuosity and creativity.
“We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken something small in their minds… because there are a lot of people sleeping,” Hendrix once said, an inspiration to those picking up the electric for the first time.
5 songs to understand Jimmy Hendrix
These are five songs that define the spirit of Hendrix:
All Along The Watchower – Electric Ladyland (1968)
Purple Haze – Are You Experienced (1967)
Hey Joe – Are You Experienced (1967)
Foxy Lady – Are You Experienced (1967)
Voodoo Child (Slight’s return) – Electric Ladyland (1968)
What is the 27 Club
“The 27 Club is where I’m going to be”sings Charly García in his song “El Club de los 27” from his latest album, “La Lógica del Escorpión”. And this informal list of stage names is no wonder. It is about A group of musicians, celebrities and creatives who died at the age of 27generally caused by drug or alcohol abuse or even violence, whether suicide, homicide or accident.
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Among its most notable figures are Jimmy Hendrix himself, Janis Joplin (rock and blues singer from the 1960s), Brian Jones (founding member of the Rolling Stones), Jean-Michel Basquiat (multi-faceted American artist) and Jim Morrison (singer and leader of The Doors), among others. Although at that time not much was believed in this phenomenon, it was when Kurt Cobain, leader of Nirvana, died that the myth began to take hold. Then, in 2011, Amy Winehouse died at the same age as all her predecessors.
Incredible but true, this led to scientific research being carried out to try to prove the existence of some determining factor that caused death at this age in this area. However, Everything continues like a rarity taken from a fictional story.
Source: Ambito
I am an author and journalist who has worked in the entertainment industry for over a decade. I currently work as a news editor at a major news website, and my focus is on covering the latest trends in entertainment. I also write occasional pieces for other outlets, and have authored two books about the entertainment industry.
