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ISSUE: November 1, 2009

Articles about Jimi Hendrix

Ready To Rock? - 1-1-2005

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Its great to be back on the airplane again. I have just one question for ya: ARE YOU READY TO ROCK!!!??? I SAID, ARE YOU READY TO ROOOCK!!!???You. Over there. Sipping your champagne in first class. Are you ready to rock?I caant hee...

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...Here goes: Best Debut Album: Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced? Any song on...

...songs ever written. That would be enough, but Jimi Hendrix went a couple of steps further. He...

...but Hendrix went a couple of steps further. Jimi Hendrix single-handedly created a new genre —...

Talkin’ Bout My, Uh, Your, Um, Our(?) Generation - 11-15-2003

Okay, class, get out your pencils. Today we have a pop quiz. The times, they A. are a changinB. are a changin, but not enoughC. are a changin is ungrammaticalD. What. Ever. E. Oh, shut up!F. Dude, wher...

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...Another was of Jim Morrison. A third depicted Jimi Hendrix coaxing fire from his guitar. The only poster...

...A third depicted Jimi Hendrix coaxing fire from Jimi Hendrix guitar. The only poster remotely related to...

... they still be singing old Elvis songs and buying Jimi Hendrix posters? Sometimes I don’t know what...

Jamie Cullum: This Kid Is Alright - 6-15-2004

CD: Twentysomething (verve) Although he’s only 24, Jamie Cullum, a strapping young jazz pop musician from the U.K., is no babe when it comes to success. In his native England, he is a double-platinum-selling artist, and his sophomore album,...

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...in point: Cullum takes an already amazing song (Jimi Hendrix’s “Wind Cries...

... equally stellar jazz vibe that leads into one of Jimi Hendrix own, the ready-for-radio “All At...

Voices Of A Generation - 6-1-2007

They revolutionized music as we know it, changed the way society thinks, and filled many a generation gap. These are the most revered, most significant, and most influential acts in music history.

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...Do You Do It?
1970s: Led Zeppelin If Jimi Hendrix was the first guitar god, the members of Led...

Jeff Tweedy’s Sweet Home - 6-1-2007

Chicago has a rich musical past, so it only makes sense that Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, the owner of perhaps the richest musical presence around, makes his home there.

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...Chicago as well. The Who played there, as did Jimi Hendrix and Led Zeppelin. Frank Zappa played there a lot...

Not So Lonely Now - 8-1-2006

Los Lonely Boys had a surprise hit with “Heaven.” Now they’re entering Sacred ground.

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...me is what I got from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix and B.B. King and, first and foremost, our...

35 Must-have Cds/aw Staff Picks - 9-1-2001

When we asked American Way staffers to narrow their music collections to just one CD, we ended up with an amazing multidiscipline collection of 35. See if your favorite made our list. Think we missed one? Tell us!

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...Stones, Hot Rocks Eric Clapton, Unplugged Jimi Hendrix, The Ultimate Experience Bob Marley and The...

Guitars Of Gold - 7-15-2004

At the intersection of nostalgia and investment lie the coolest collectibles on the market.

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...— you can’t get a genuine Jimi Hendrix guitar for less than $150,000 — but...

Rock Around The Clock - 4-15-2005

In January, I wrote a column inviting readers to weigh in on Six Essential Rock Questions. Well, you weighed in, all right. I wish I could publish everything I received. Alas, the accolades for my choices would alone take up a couple of columns. A t...

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...at my taste. My picks: Best Debut Album: Jimi Hendrix’s Are You Experienced? Dumbest Song ...

Ours Goes To 11 - 6-1-2005

Whereas other magazines might give you the Top 10 Lists of Great American Music, We've turned it up a notch.

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...that launched the careers of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix and continues to welcome stellar talent. 6.

One Day At A Time - 12-15-2005

All work and no play makes for a weary road warrior. On your next business trip, invite your family out and spend some time actually getting to know the city you're in. Here are our picks on what to do and see in three of our...

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...with her toddler on streets once frequented by Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan (who lived at 94 MacDougal...

...in the voice recordings and memorabilia of Jimi Hendrix, or in “Bob Dylan’s American...

Troubled Man - 6-15-2006

Twenty-five years ago, Marvin Gaye rebuilt his mind, body, and eventually his career in an unlikely place: a tiny town on the coast of Belgium. retraces Gaye’s steps to find out what was going on back then.

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...fortune. Those close to him feared that, like Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison before him, Gaye would die on...