made him impossible to forget. This American rock guitarist made a legendary mark. Not

only in the history of rock 'n' roll, but also on pop culture as a whole (Mitchel1 32). With

unique techniques never seen before and blatant sex-related performances on stage, he

became one of the most influential music figures of the 60s (Murray 96).

Hendrix was not born into stardom nor was it given to him by any means. He strived all

throughout his life to be the very best. Johnny Allen Hendrix was born on November 27,

1942 in Seattle, Washington to Al and Lucille Hendrix. Four years later did his father

decided to change his son's name to James Marshall Hendrix. He did not lead an easy life.

He changed schools quite often and to top it all off his parents divorced in 1958. To add

to it all, his mother died just one year later ('Scuse Me While..., Henderson 42). Hendrix

needed something to turn around his life.

Hendrix purchased his first guitar in 1958. It was a used acoustic for which he paid only

five dollars. At the age of seventeen with only one year's playing experience, he joined

The release of the group's second album, Axis: Bold As Love, came a year later in

5:00 Monday morning and the crowd of half a million had died down to only a few

Next, he emerged with an all-black group, the Band of Gypsys, with Billy Cox on bass

single dollar and promised one percent royalty on all future record sales (Carter 112).

and wanted to help the young, developing musician. He brought Hendrix to the attention

The band performed almost daily; after spending five months touring throughout eastern

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