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"plainText": "Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al Hendrix, was off fighting in World War II. When his mother became sick from alcoholism, Hendrix was sent to live with relatives in Berkeley, California. When his father returned from Europe in 1945 he took back Hendrix, divorced his wife, and renamed him James Marshall Hendrix.\n\nWhen Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic guitar. In 1959 Jimi dropped out of high school and enlisted in the U.S. Army, but soon became disenchanted with military service. After he broke his ankle during a training parachute jump, he was honorably discharged. He then went to work as a sideman on the rhythm-and-blues circuit, honing his craft but making little or no money. Jimi got restless being a sideman and moved to New York City hoping to get a break in the music business. Through his friend Curtis Knight, Jimi discovered the music scene in Greenwich Village, which left indelible impressions on him. It was here that he began taking drugs, among them marijuana, pep pills and cocaine.\n\nIn 1966, while Jimi was performing with his own band called James & the Blue Flames at Cafe Wha?, John Hammond Jr. approached Jimi about the Flames playing backup for him at Cafe Au Go Go. Jimi agreed and during the show's finale, Hammond let Jimi cut loose on Bo Diddley's \"I'm the Man.\" Linda Keith, girlfriend of The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, was one of Jimi's biggest fans and it was she who told friend Chas Chandler, a band manager, about Jimi. When Chandler heard Jimi play, he asked him to come to London to form his own band, and while there Chandler made the simple change in Jimi's name by formally dropping James and replacing it with Jimi. Having settled in England with a new band called the Jimi Hendrix Experience, which consisted of Jimi as guitarist and lead singer, bass player Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, Jimi took the country by storm with the release of his first single \"Hey, Joe.\"\n\nIn the summer of 1967 Jimi performed back in the USA at the Monterey Pop Festival, a mix-up backstage forced Jimi to follow The Who onstage, where after a superb performance Jimi tore up the house by trashing his guitar in a wild frenzy. Afterwards, Jimi's career skyrocketed with the release of the Experience's first two albums, \"Are You Experienced?\" and \"Axis: Bold as Love,\" which catapulted him to the top of the charts. However, tensions, possibly connected with Jimi's drug use and the constant presence of hangers-on in the studio and elsewhere, began to fracture some of his relationships, including Chas Chandler, who quit as manager in February 1968.\n\nIn September 1968 the Experience released their most successful album, \"Electric Ladyland.\" However, in early 1969 bassist Redding left the Experience and was replaced by Billy Cox, an old army buddy who Jimi had jammed with. Jimi began experimenting with different musicians. For the Woodstock music festival Jimi put together an outfit called the Gypsies, Sun and Rainbows, with Mitchell and Cox as well as a second guitarist and two percussionists. Their one and only performance in August 1969 at Woodstock took place near Bethel, New York, where Hendrix and his band were to be the closing headline act. Because of the delay getting there and the logistical problems, Jimi performed on the morning of the fourth and final day. Only 25,000 people of the original 400,000 stayed to watch Jimi and his band as the closing music number, where Jimi's searing rendering of \"The Star-Spangled Banner\" became the anthem for counterculture.\n\nAfter Woodstock, Jimi formed a new band with Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums with the May 1970 release of the album \"The Band of Gypsys.\" Jimi's last album, \"Cry of Love\", featured Cox on bass and former Experience drummer Mitchell on drums. However, Jimi's drug problem finally caught up with him. On the night of September 17, 1970, while living in London, Jimi took some sleeping pills, which were prescribed for his live-in girlfriend Monika Danneman. Sometime after midnight, Jimi threw up from an apparent allergic reaction to the pills and then passed out. Danneman, thinking him to be all right, went out to get cigarettes for them. When she returned, she found him lying where he collapsed, having inhaled his own vomit, and and she couldn't wake him. Danneman called an ambulance, which took him to a nearby hospital, but Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead a short while later without regaining consciousness. He was 27 years old.\n\nJimi Hendrix's life was short, but his impact on the rock guitar is still being heard and set the course for a new era of rock music."
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"bioHtml": "Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His\nmother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his\nfather, Al Hendrix, was off fighting in World War II. When his mother\nbecame sick from alcoholism, Hendrix was sent to live with relatives in\nBerkeley, California. When his father returned from Europe in 1945 he\ntook back Hendrix, divorced his wife, and renamed him James Marshall\nHendrix.<br/><br/>When Jimi was 13 his father taught him to play an acoustic\nguitar. In 1959 Jimi dropped out of high school and enlisted in the\nU.S. Army, but soon became disenchanted with military service. After he\nbroke his ankle during a training parachute jump, he was honorably\ndischarged. He then went to work as a sideman on the rhythm-and-blues\ncircuit, honing his craft but making little or no money. Jimi got\nrestless being a sideman and moved to New York City hoping to get a\nbreak in the music business. Through his friend Curtis Knight, Jimi\ndiscovered the music scene in Greenwich Village, which left indelible\nimpressions on him. It was here that he began taking drugs, among them\nmarijuana, pep pills and cocaine.<br/><br/>In 1966, while Jimi was performing\nwith his own band called James & the Blue Flames at Cafe Wha?, John\nHammond Jr. approached Jimi about the Flames playing backup for him at\nCafe Au Go Go. Jimi agreed and during the show's finale, Hammond let\nJimi cut loose on <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0225775/\">Bo Diddley</a>'s "I'm the Man." Linda Keith, girlfriend of\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm1213869/\">The Rolling Stones</a> guitarist <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0724189/\">Keith Richards</a>, was one of Jimi's biggest fans and it was\nshe who told friend <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0151333/\">Chas Chandler</a>, a band manager, about Jimi. When\nChandler heard Jimi play, he asked him to come to London to form his\nown band, and while there Chandler made the simple change in Jimi's\nname by formally dropping James and replacing it with Jimi. Having\nsettled in England with a new band called the Jimi Hendrix Experience,\nwhich consisted of Jimi as guitarist and lead singer, bass player\n<a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0714726/\">Noel Redding</a> and drummer <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0593453/\">Mitch Mitchell</a>, Jimi took the country by storm with the\nrelease of his first single "Hey, Joe."<br/><br/>In the summer of 1967 Jimi\nperformed back in the USA at the Monterey Pop Festival, a mix-up\nbackstage forced Jimi to follow <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm1277963/\">The Who</a> onstage, where after a superb\nperformance Jimi tore up the house by trashing his guitar in a wild\nfrenzy. Afterwards, Jimi's career skyrocketed with the release of the\nExperience's first two albums, "Are You Experienced?" and "Axis: Bold\nas Love," which catapulted him to the top of the charts. However,\ntensions, possibly connected with Jimi's drug use and the constant\npresence of hangers-on in the studio and elsewhere, began to fracture\nsome of his relationships, including Chas Chandler, who quit as manager\nin February 1968.<br/><br/>In September 1968 the Experience released their most\nsuccessful album, "Electric Ladyland." However, in early 1969 bassist\nRedding left the Experience and was replaced by <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0184929/\">Billy Cox</a>, an old army\nbuddy who Jimi had jammed with. Jimi began experimenting with different\nmusicians. For the Woodstock music festival Jimi put together an outfit\ncalled the Gypsies, Sun and Rainbows, with Mitchell and Cox as well as\na second guitarist and two percussionists. Their one and only\nperformance in August 1969 at Woodstock took place near Bethel, New\nYork, where Hendrix and his band were to be the closing headline act.\nBecause of the delay getting there and the logistical problems, Jimi\nperformed on the morning of the fourth and final day. Only 25,000\npeople of the original 400,000 stayed to watch Jimi and his band as the\nclosing music number, where Jimi's searing rendering of "The\nStar-Spangled Banner" became the anthem for counterculture.<br/><br/>After\nWoodstock, Jimi formed a new band with Cox on bass and <a class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"/name/nm0587071/\">Buddy Miles</a> on drums\nwith the May 1970 release of the album "The Band of Gypsys." Jimi's\nlast album, "Cry of Love", featured Cox on bass and former Experience\ndrummer Mitchell on drums. However, Jimi's drug problem finally caught\nup with him. On the night of September 17, 1970, while living in\nLondon, Jimi took some sleeping pills, which were prescribed for his\nlive-in girlfriend Monika Danneman. Sometime after midnight, Jimi threw\nup from an apparent allergic reaction to the pills and then passed out.\nDanneman, thinking him to be all right, went out to get cigarettes for\nthem. When she returned, she found him lying where he collapsed, having\ninhaled his own vomit, and and she couldn't wake him. Danneman called\nan ambulance, which took him to a nearby hospital, but Jimi Hendrix was\npronounced dead a short while later without regaining consciousness. He\nwas 27 years old.<br/><br/>Jimi Hendrix's life was short, but his impact on the\nrock guitar is still being heard and set the course for a new era of\nrock music.",
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