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Brian May recalls the time he played live through Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well
By Jonathan Horsley published
Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord
![Joe Satriani [left] plays his Chrome Boy Ibanez signature S-style on stage, and wears a black T-shirt and wraparound shades; JImi Hendrix [right] wears a bright patterned shirt and plays his Olympic White Fender Stratocaster onstage at Royal Albert Hall.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sPWCirz8fjBvGixtRANGCo-320-80.jpg)
Joe Satriani explains the difference between today’s online virtuosos and Jimi Hendrix
By Jonathan Horsley published
Satch says Hendrix was never played anything that sounded like an exercise – he “just sounded like music”

"I'm going to pretend I'm Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview
By Guitarist magazine published
Best of 2024: "The thing that really stunned Eric and me was the way he took what we did and made it better"

“Jimi was brave, beautiful and powerful!”: On Hendrix’s birthday, a tribute from Eric Gales
By Amit Sharma published
Gales says: “Until the end of time, we’re going to be wondering how Jimi came up with this stuff"

“He offered me Jimi’s guitar and then disappeared!”: How Lenny Kravitz almost got Hendrix’s Strat
By Paul Elliott published
Hendrix’s drummer called Lenny “the best thing since Jimi”

“You had Clapton and Beck, but Jimi blew everybody’s socks off!”: Foreigner's Mick Jones remembers Hendrix
By Paul Elliott published
The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame inductee witnessed the power of Hendrix up close

“Jimi Hendrix songs which only you can listen to!”: Previously unheard demos up for auction
By Paul Elliott published
One tape recorded in 1968 is expected to go for £200,000!

Epiphone’s latest Gibson Custom Shop collab is the stunning Jimi Hendrix ‘Love Drops’ Flying V
By Jonathan Horsley published
This Inspired by Gibson Custom series Epiphone is equipped with Custombuckers and is a thing of beauty, based on Hendrix’s hand-painted Flying V of the late ‘60s

Eddie Kramer breaks down Jimi Hendrix's remarkable approach to guitar layering on the ambitious Night Bird Flying
By Rob Laing published
exclusive Check out this clip from the forthcoming documentary documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

38 unreleased Hendrix tracks feature on film and CD/vinyl box set celebrating Electric Lady Studios
By Jonathan Horsley published
The epic Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision is stuffed with unheard treasures, 5.1 surround sound mixes, and is essential listening and viewing for Hendrix fans. It drops on 13 September
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