Jimi Hendrix
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Miles Davis gave him a cryptic instruction. The result was jazz-fusion’s foundational album
By Andrew Daly published
John McLaughlin was shaking when the recording began. By the time it finished, he had made history

The night Jimi Hendrix hijacked live TV — and got himself banned
By Phil Weller published
A planned duet, a blown schedule and an impromptu tribute to Cream turned a polite variety show into one of rock’s most infamous broadcasts

Steve Vai on the radical guitar mods he learned from Frank Zappa
By Phil Weller published
Zappa was never a conservationist when it came to his guitars. That lit a fuse under a young Steve Vai

How Eric Clapton survived rock guitar‘s most transformative era and found his way to the blues
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Like Jeff Beck and Pete Townshend, Clapton was thrown when Jimi Hendrix arrived on the rock scene

Rock royalty's favorite sideman recalls his days with Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Pete Townshend, Roger Waters and Bill Wyman
By Joe Matera published
From Hendrix‘s earliest U.K. gigs to Clapton‘s Crossroads, Andy Fairweather Low has seen and played with the best of them

“He made it possible for everybody to see what could be done with an electric guitar.” Jeff Beck on how Jimi Hendrix changed the game
By Phil Weller published
Beck considered quitting music after Hendrix arrived. Then he saw an opportunity to “get dangerous”

How Jimi Hendrix inspired Duane Allman — and why his blues trio never came to fruition
By Phil Weller published
Hendrix left a lasting impression on the slide guitar maestro, but soon learned his calling was far from power trios

Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the guitarist whose playing he thought was “good fun”
By Phil Weller published
Fripp's past comments highlight the left-field ideas that make him an original
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