the Jimi Hendrix Experience

American-British rock group

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    In 10 Influential Rock Bands: The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Jimi Hendrix, through an unabashed, unapologetic fusion of British avant-garde rock with American techniques in blues, jazz, rock, and soul, redefined the electric guitar. Formed in 1966, the Jimi Hendrix Experience featured Hendrix on guitar and lead vocals, Noel Redding on…

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    In Jimi Hendrix

    By November his band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, had their first Top Ten single, “Hey Joe.” Two more hits, “Purple Haze” and “The Wind Cries Mary,” followed before their first album, Are You Experienced?, was released in the summer of 1967, when it was second in impact only to the…

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