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Come on (let the good times roll): The Epiphone Jimi Hendrix "Love Drops" Flying V is $300 off
By Scott Rowley last updated
As offers go, it's fire

The late reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff on meeting Jimi Hendrix when both were struggling musicians in London
By Phil Weller published
The reggae icon who raised reggae's profile in England and America died November 24 at age 81

Micky Dolenz on the worst tour match-up in rock history: the time Jimi Hendrix opened for the Monkees
By Gary Graff last updated
The singer says he’s “the one to blame for that little bit of insane rock and roll trivia”

As Martin Barre drops his memoir, the former Jethro Tull guitarist talks Jack White, Jimi Hendrix... and his secret gig with Paul McCartney
By Gary Graff last updated
Available now in the U.K., Barre’s autobiography is heavy on guitars, gear and growing up

Queen’s Brian May on the “fireball” guitarist who affected him like no other
By Phil Weller published
The guitarist blew May’s mind long before Jimi Hendrix changed the game forever

How Jimi Hendrix helped the Alice Cooper Band score their first record deal
By Phil Weller published
Jimi's assistance kept a friend out of jail and introduced Cooper to the man who would help his group find fame

Ronnie Wood on the remark that got him demoted to playing bass in the Jeff Beck Group
By Phil Weller last updated
Forced to switch instruments, Wood embraced the challenge and won praise from none other than Hendrix himself

Buddy Guy on the warning he gave Jimi Hendrix before he went into the British blues clubs
By Phil Weller published
The pair became great friends, but there was one key difference in their approach to the electric blues

Little Feat’s Lowell George on how he lost 20 guitars in record time — and the unknown guitarist who made Jimi Hendrix stop playing and listen
By Dan Kening published
The slide guitar hero told us about the dangers of playing in Los Angeles, and why he always bought his Fender Strats unmodified, right off the wall
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