Clue | Answer |
Northwestern U.S. city where Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 | |
Jimi's legal birth name | |
The first stringed instrument Hendrix played | |
Famed Army division, based in Kentucky, to which he was assigned in 1961 | |
Bassist Hendrix met in the Army who would play with Hendrix in multiple bands | |
Band they started in nearby Clarksville, Tennessee, after being discharged | |
R&B/soul siblings Hendrix joined as a backing guitarist in 1964 | |
Legendary 'Tutti Frutti' R&B singer with whom he toured in 1964-65 | |
Model of guitar he started playing in 1966 and is most closely associated with | |
Manhattan venue Hendrix and his band, The Blue Flame, had a residency that year | |
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted band he formed in London in 1966 | |
That band's drummer | |
That band's original bassist | |
Its first single, about a man who shoots his wife | |
Its second single, with the oft-misheard line 'scuse me while I kiss the sky' | |
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What Hendrix did to his guitar on March 31, 1967, for the first time | |
The band's debut album, first released in May of 1967 | |
Its next single, a psychedelic blues-rock song later used in a 'Guitar Hero' game | |
California music festival at which the band played in June of 1967 | |
Second album, first released in December of that year | |
Hit single from the album Electric Ladyland, a Bob Dylan cover | |
The band's final album, a double album first released in September of 1968 | |
New York music festival at which Hendrix played on August 18, 1969 | |
The name of his new backing band that debuted at this show | |
Patriotic song, with music composed in 1780, he played near the end of his set | |
TV host on whose show he played and was interviewed in September of 1969 | |
The name of his last tour (April-Sept., 1970) and his first posthumous album | |
NYC recording studio, named for his third album, Hendrix opened that August | |
Single that was re-released and hit #1 in the UK after he died on September 18 | |
Jann Wenner-founded magazine that named Hendrix the greatest guitarist ever | |
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