70s Artist Watch: Jimi Hendrix

The 70s music was just touched by this genius, he was born 1942 and died in 1970 at the age of only 27,his amazing electric guitar skills  have made him a legend, and deservedly so. He was there at Woodstock in 1969, and at the Isle of Wight in  August1970, he performed at the Monterey Pop Festival, and was not only a great performer with his Stratocaster guitar, but a very competent producer too.

In 1970 Hendrix was on the road doing a European and States tour with a reformed Jimi Hendrix Experience, the tour was known as "The Cry Of Love Tour" and trying to finish his album  "First Rays Of The Rising Sun".

But on September 18th 1970 the flame was blown out, he died  as a result of not understanding the strong medication he was taking to help him sleep, and taking the wrong amounts. However, there have been many reports and court cases suggesting it may have been murder or even suicide, but nothing concrete has been proven, and it will remain a mystery in pop culture of the music of the 70s.