History Trivia / JimiHendrix

** When the Experience was looking for a drummer, they narrowed the choice down to Mitchell and session great Aynsley Dunbar. When they couldn't decide on who to pick, they tossed a coin... and Mitchell won. One can only imagine how the Experience would have sounded with Dunbar.

*** In ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]]'' the [[FightingSpirit Stand]] of major protagonist Pannacotta Fugo is named "Purple Haze".

*** The dubiously canon sequel, ''LightNovel/PurpleHazeFeedback'', takes this UpToEleven by having ''every'' new Stand in it be named after a Jimi Hendrix song. These Stands include "Dolly Dagger", "Manic Depression", "Nightbird Flying", "[[YouMakeMeSic All Along Watchtower]]", "Voodoo Child", and "Rainy Day, Dream Away".

*** In ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable]]'', alongside the likes of Music/JeffBeck, [[Music/VanHalen Eddie Van Halen]], and Music/StevieRayVaughan, antagonist Akira Otoishi lists one of his favorite guitarists as being Jimi Hendrix, who he claims, "lives hard and passionately".

* BigNameFan: Where to start? It was Chas Chandler of Music/TheAnimals who became his manager in the first place and got him to England, but after that it was Music/PaulMcCartney of Music/TheBeatles who urged the organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival to put him on the bill, by which time more or less every rock guitarist in Britain from Music/EricClapton on down viewed him as TheAce. Music/MilesDavis admired him; Music/BobDylan says that his {{cover|Version}} of "All Along the Watchtower" is {{better than|Canon}} [[CoveredUp the original]]; Gil Evans arranged his music for jazz orchestra, Music/{{Sting}} covered him, Music/FrankZappa owned one of Hendrix' guitars and had him appear on the cover of ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

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* ArchivePanic: He only released a handful of (very influential) studio albums in his lifetime, and one all-original LP recorded live (''Music/BandOfGypsys''), but the amount of released demos, live recordings, alternate takes, rehearsals, runthroughs and incomplete studio outtakes seems staggering. New Hendrix releases still arrive on store shelves more than 40 years after his death, a staggering amount given his short lifespan. And there's more that as of 2012 await release, like the ''Black Gold'' demos.

* SequelFirst: In the video game world, the RockBand platform to be specific, ''Music/AxisBoldAsLove'' was released before ''Music/AreYouExperienced'' (though the latter's track list is a little different from the original LP).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It's well-known that he was planning a collaboration with no less than Music/MilesDavis before his death. It recently emerged that Hendrix had also contacted Apple Corps, to ask Paul [=McCartney=] (of the then-rapidly-disintegrating [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]) to play bass on the album.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It's well-known that he was planning a collaboration with no less than Music/MilesDavis before his death. More than that, it only recently emerged that they had also contacted Paul [=McCartney=] (of the rapidly-disintegrating [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]) to play bass on the album.

* BigNameFan: Where to start? It was Chas Chandler of Music/TheAnimals who became his manager in the first place and got him to England, but after that it was Music/PaulMcCartney of Music/TheBeatles who urged the organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival to put him on the bill, by which time more or less every rock guitarist in Britain from Music/EricClapton on down viewed him as TheAce. Music/MilesDavis admired him; Music/BobDylan says that his {{cover|Version}} of "All Along the Watchtower" is [[BetterThanCanon better than the original]]; Gil Evans arranged his music for jazz orchestra, Music/{{Sting}} covered him, Music/FrankZappa owned one of Hendrix' guitars and had him appear on the cover of ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It's well-known that he was planning a collaboration with no less than Music/MilesDavis before his death. More than that, it only recently emerged that they had also contacted Paul McCartney (of the rapidly-disintegrating [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]]) to play bass on the album.

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* BigNameFan: Where to start? It was Chas Chandler of Music/TheAnimals who became his manager in the first place and got him to England, but after that it was Music/PaulMcCartney who urged the organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival to put him on the bill, by which time more or less every rock guitarist in Britain from Music/EricClapton on down viewed him as TheAce. Music/MilesDavis admired him; Music/BobDylan thought that his {{cover version}} of "All Along the Watchtower" was better than the original; Gil Evans arranged his music for jazz orchestra, Music/{{Sting}} covered him, Music/FrankZappa owned one of Hendrix' guitars and had him appear on the album cover of ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

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* BigNameFan: Where to start? It was Chas Chandler of Music/TheAnimals who became his manager in the first place and got him to England, but after that it was Music/PaulMcCartney who urged the organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival to put him on the bill, by which time more or less every rock guitarist in Britain from Music/EricClapton on down viewed him as TheAce. Music/MilesDavis admired him; Music/BobDylan thought that his cover version of "All Along the Watchtower" was better than the original; Gil Evans arranged his music for jazz orchestra, Music/{{Sting}} covered him, Music/FrankZappa owned one of Hendrix' guitars and had him appear on the album cover of ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

* BigNameFan: Where to start? It was Chas Chandler of Music/TheAnimals who became his manager in the first place and got him to England, but after that it was Music/PaulMcCartney who urged the organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival to put him on the bill, by which time more or less every rock guitarist in Britain from EricClapton on down viewed him as TheAce. Music/MilesDavis admired him; Music/BobDylan thought that his cover version of "All Along the Watchtower" was better than the original; Gil Evans arranged his music for jazz orchestra, Music/{{Sting}} covered him, Music/FrankZappa owned one of Hendrix' guitars and had him appear on the album cover of ''Music/WereOnlyInItForTheMoney''.

* ArchivePanic: He only released a handful of (very influential) studio albums in his lifetime, and one all-original LP recorded live (''Band Of Gypsys''), but the amount of released demos, live recordings, alternate takes, rehearsals, runthroughs and incomplete studio outtakes seems staggering. New Hendrix releases still arrive on store shelves more than 40 years after his death, a staggering amount given his short lifespan. And there's more that as of 2012 await release, like the ''Black Gold'' demos.

* BigNameFan: Where to start? It was Chas Chandler of The Animals who became his manager in the first place and got him to England, but after that it was PaulMcCartney who urged the organisers of the Monterey Pop Festival to put him on the bill, by which time more or less every rock guitarist in Britain from EricClapton on down viewed him as TheAce. MilesDavis admired him; BobDylan thought that his cover version of "All Along the Watchtower" was better than the original; Gil Evans arranged his music for jazz orchestra, Music/{{Sting}} covered him ...

* SequelFirst: In the video game world, the RockBand platform to be specific, ''Axis: Bold as Love'' was released before ''Are You Experienced'' (though the latter's track list is a little different from the original LP).
* ShortLivedBigImpact: One of the most influential guitarists of all time; the "burn the strings" guitar solo was invented by him, and just about every hard rocker since has imitated it. He was also dead by age 27.

* SequelFirst: In the video game world, the RockBand platform to be specific, ''Axis: Bold as Love'' was released before ''Are You Experienced'' (though the latter's track list is a little different from the original LP).