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             Jimi Hendrix, the greatest guitarist in rock history,
             revolutionized the sound of rock. In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix
             Experience rocked the nation with their first album, Are You
             Experienced?. Hendrix's life was cut short by the tragedy of
             drugs in 1970, when he was only twenty seven years old. In these
             three years the sound of rock changed greatly, and Hendrix's
             guitar playing was a major influence. Jimi was born in Seattle,
             Washington on November 27, 1942. As a young boy, whenever the
             chance came, Jimi would try to play along with his R & B records.
             However, music was not his life long dream. At first, the army
             was. In the late 1950's, Hendrix enlisted in the 101st Airborne
             Division. After sustaining a back injury during a jump, he
             received a medical discharge. After his army career came to an
             abrupt end, he decided to go into the music field. By this time
             he had become an accomplished guitarist, and was soon to become
             known as the greatest guitarist ever (Stambler, pg. 290).
             However, he did not start out at the top. Jimi started out
             playing as part of the back-up for small time R & B groups. It
             did not take long before his work was in demand with some of the
             best known artists in the field, such as B.B. King, Ike and Tina
             Turner, Solomon Burke, Jackie Wilson, Littler Richard, Wilson
             Pickett, and King Curtis (Clifford, pg. 181). Using the name
             Jimmy James, he toured with a bunch of R & B shows, including six
             months as a member of James Brown's Famous Flames (Stambler, pg.
             290). At the Cafe Wha! in New York, in 1966, Hendrix decided to
             try singing. Jimi lucked out when a man by the name of Charles
             "Chas" Chandler from Eric Burdon's Animals heard him at the club
             and thought he was sensational. When Chas heard him again later
             that year, he talked Jimi into moving to England where he would
             really get the chance to s...