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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=8984 Tue, 12 May 2026 13:27:23 -0400 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:13:12 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=8984 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/hendrix-hated-his-own-voice-and-wanted-it-buried-in-the-mix-steve-vai-lifeson-and-thayil-say-he-was-wrong-186470 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/hendrix-hated-his-own-voice-and-wanted-it-buried-in-the-mix-steve-vai-lifeson-and-thayil-say-he-was-wrong-186470 Features: "And then sometimes it was really there."]]> Tue, 12 May 2026 13:27:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jimi-hendrixs-bandmates-heirs-lose-copyright-fight-with-sony-and-hendrix-estate-over-experience-music https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jimi-hendrixs-bandmates-heirs-lose-copyright-fight-with-sony-and-hendrix-estate-over-experience-music Music News: "A series of transactions" following the guitar icon's death in 1970 made the Jimi Hendrix estate "the ultimate successor" to the producers' rights, the judge ruled."]]> Thu, 30 Apr 2026 02:02:22 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/originality-comes-about-fourth-or-fifth-jimi-hendrix-wasnt-impressed-by-original-or-complicated-music-instead-he-looked-for-something-else https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/originality-comes-about-fourth-or-fifth-jimi-hendrix-wasnt-impressed-by-original-or-complicated-music-instead-he-looked-for-something-else Retrospective: "When I see a group, I look for feeling, not the jump-around kind of feeling... and then I look for togetherness."]]> Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-said-he-didnt-like-his-voice-rolling-stones-ronnie-wood-on-jimi-hendrixs-insecurity-and-mind-blowing-ambidextrousness https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-said-he-didnt-like-his-voice-rolling-stones-ronnie-wood-on-jimi-hendrixs-insecurity-and-mind-blowing-ambidextrousness Music News: "He'd just sit back and play right-handed or left-handed guitar – that ambidextrousness blew my mind."]]> Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/how-jimi-hendrix-brought-an-old-jazz-chord-into-rock-purple-haze-and-its-constant-tension https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/tab_spotlight/how-jimi-hendrix-brought-an-old-jazz-chord-into-rock-purple-haze-and-its-constant-tension Tab Spotlight: Known for his innovation that changed rock music, Hendrix was brave enough to test a jazz chord on a high-gain amp. The famous dominant 7th chord with a #9 extension is now colloquially carrying his name.]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:24:10 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/lessons/jimi-hendrixs-famous-signature-chord-has-over-45-playable-voicings--this-is-every-single-one https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/lessons/jimi-hendrixs-famous-signature-chord-has-over-45-playable-voicings--this-is-every-single-one Lessons: The famous "Hendrix chord," or dominant #9, is widespread in rock music, but there's far more than that one voicing we're all so familiar with. ]]> Mon, 02 Mar 2026 15:51:47 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-trying-to-search-for-new-avenues-jimi-hendrix-almost-joined-forces-with-famous-prog-band-author-reveals https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-was-trying-to-search-for-new-avenues-jimi-hendrix-almost-joined-forces-with-famous-prog-band-author-reveals Music News: "That would have melted people's faces, no doubt about it."]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 11:02:03 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/it-was-the-only-acoustic-guitar-he-ever-owned-and-you-probably-know-nothing-about-it-jimi-hendrixs-largely-forgotten-instrument https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/it-was-the-only-acoustic-guitar-he-ever-owned-and-you-probably-know-nothing-about-it-jimi-hendrixs-largely-forgotten-instrument Gear: ]]> Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:51:06 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/deliberate-distortion-do-not-correct-the-real-story-of-jimi-hendrix-and-probably-his-most-important-yet-inconsistent-piece-of-gear https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/deliberate-distortion-do-not-correct-the-real-story-of-jimi-hendrix-and-probably-his-most-important-yet-inconsistent-piece-of-gear Gear: A brief story of how one of the most important pieces of guitar gear came to be. ]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-gilmour-recalls-what-it-was-really-like-to-witness-jimi-hendrix-perform-live-jaws-dropped-it-was-absolutely-extraordinary https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-gilmour-recalls-what-it-was-really-like-to-witness-jimi-hendrix-perform-live-jaws-dropped-it-was-absolutely-extraordinary Music News: "I went in there, and it was rammed with people. All the Beatles and all the Stones were in there."]]> Tue, 09 Sep 2025 09:02:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/although-known-for-the-fender-stratocaster-jimi-hendrix-used-an-unexpected-guitar-in-the-studio-and-he-never-played-it-live https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/although-known-for-the-fender-stratocaster-jimi-hendrix-used-an-unexpected-guitar-in-the-studio-and-he-never-played-it-live Gear: There was more to Jimi's arsenal than one might think. ]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-birth-of-heavy-metal-can-be-traced-to-this-jimi-hendrix-song-author-claims-and-no-its-not-purple-haze https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-birth-of-heavy-metal-can-be-traced-to-this-jimi-hendrix-song-author-claims-and-no-its-not-purple-haze Music News: "Here's Jimi playing at top volume and all kinds of things rattling around the studio." ]]> Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:11:28 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-looked-like-crumpled-laundry-heres-what-really-happened-at-jimi-hendrixs-legendary-performance-author-reveals https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-looked-like-crumpled-laundry-heres-what-really-happened-at-jimi-hendrixs-legendary-performance-author-reveals Music News: "The roadies were taking bets that he wouldn't play."]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2025 01:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/big-muff-inventor-recalls-encouraging-jimi-hendrix-to-sing-look-at-bob-dylan-and-mick-jagger--they-dont-sing https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/big-muff-inventor-recalls-encouraging-jimi-hendrix-to-sing-look-at-bob-dylan-and-mick-jagger--they-dont-sing Music News: "He says, 'Mike, you got a point.'"]]> Wed, 30 Apr 2025 23:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kenny-wayne-shepherd-speaks-up-on-how-jimi-hendrix-still-impacts-guitarists-today-its-a-testament-to-jimi-and-his-music https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kenny-wayne-shepherd-speaks-up-on-how-jimi-hendrix-still-impacts-guitarists-today-its-a-testament-to-jimi-and-his-music Music News: "You got shredders like Zakk Wylde who just gets up there and just destroys the guitar."]]> Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:07:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you-think-you-know-this-classic-jimi-hendrix-riff-youve-actually-been-playing-it-wrong-all-along https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/you-think-you-know-this-classic-jimi-hendrix-riff-youve-actually-been-playing-it-wrong-all-along Music News: "So on the original recording, the start of the phrase is actually cut off and covered up with crowd noise and the announcer."]]> Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:41:42 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/producer-reveals-great-tragedy-of-jimi-hendrixs-final-works-names-night-bird-flying-as-a-sign-of-his-future https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/producer-reveals-great-tragedy-of-jimi-hendrixs-final-works-names-night-bird-flying-as-a-sign-of-his-future Music News: "His death was not only a shock to everybody, but it was premature in the sense of what he was thinking musically."]]> Sat, 04 Jan 2025 18:15:51 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/did-jimi-hendrix-help-invent-hip-hop-heres-how-his-music-influenced-the-genres-early-sound-173592 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/did-jimi-hendrix-help-invent-hip-hop-heres-how-his-music-influenced-the-genres-early-sound-173592 Features: Backward tapes and musical prophecy: Hendrix's proto-hip-hop experiment.]]> Sat, 28 Dec 2024 22:31:12 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/ex-steely-dan-guitarist-recalls-guitar-deal-gone-wrong-with-jimi-hendrix-they-docked-me-three-weeks-pay https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/ex-steely-dan-guitarist-recalls-guitar-deal-gone-wrong-with-jimi-hendrix-they-docked-me-three-weeks-pay Gear: "Jimi Hendrix had a band called Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, and he came into Jimmy's music store with an old, beat-up Duo-Sonic."]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2024 00:30:43 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/call_him_whatever_you_like_was_jimi_hendrix_a_bluesman_or_not_heres_what_his_former_bandmate_had_to_say.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/call_him_whatever_you_like_was_jimi_hendrix_a_bluesman_or_not_heres_what_his_former_bandmate_had_to_say.html Music News: "You run that type of playing through a Fuzz Face and a loud amp, and what do you have?"]]> Mon, 04 Nov 2024 13:59:05 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/producing_legend_reveals_what_working_with_hendrix_was_really_like_a_circus_run_by_a_mad_genius.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/producing_legend_reveals_what_working_with_hendrix_was_really_like_a_circus_run_by_a_mad_genius.html Music News: "I finally said, 'Jimi, if we want to get this done, we need to clear out the riff-raff.'"]]> Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:27:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kenny_wayne_shepherd_names_best_jimi_hendrix_riff_explains_what_made_the_guitar_legend_so_incredibly_innovative.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kenny_wayne_shepherd_names_best_jimi_hendrix_riff_explains_what_made_the_guitar_legend_so_incredibly_innovative.html Music News: "It's crazy. It's mind-blowing."]]> Mon, 21 Oct 2024 12:38:16 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/5_jimi_hendrix_songs_sung_by_others-170376 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/5_jimi_hendrix_songs_sung_by_others-170376 Features: Hey, but at least he still played guitar!]]> Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:26:41 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/6_more_guitarists_who_are_the_greatest_disciples_of_jimi_hendrix-169806 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/6_more_guitarists_who_are_the_greatest_disciples_of_jimi_hendrix-169806 Features: More of the Voodoo Child's musical offspring that didn't make the cut the first time. ]]> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:17:14 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/these_5_guitarists_are_the_greatest_disciples_of_jimi_hendrix-169170 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/these_5_guitarists_are_the_greatest_disciples_of_jimi_hendrix-169170 Features: The Voodoo Child's musical offspring. ]]> Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:18:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/heres_jimi_hendrix_previously_unheard_song_37_more_to_be_released.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/heres_jimi_hendrix_previously_unheard_song_37_more_to_be_released.html Music News: The songs were recorded not long before the legendary guitarist's passing.]]> Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:12:15 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/he_didnt_care_that_jimi_hendrix_owned_it_how_frank_zappa_really_treated_hendrixs_burnt_stratocaster_according_to_steve_vai.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/gear/he_didnt_care_that_jimi_hendrix_owned_it_how_frank_zappa_really_treated_hendrixs_burnt_stratocaster_according_to_steve_vai.html Gear: "Frank took it apart and put it back together with all sorts of different electronics and everything."]]> Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:12:20 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_5_covers_of_jimi_hendrix_songs-167271 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_5_covers_of_jimi_hendrix_songs-167271 Features: Rockers, punkers, and grungers all qualified! ]]> Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:38:04 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_great_mismatch_that_made_a_huge_difference_in_jimi_hendrixs_career_and_why_he_flipped_the_bird_to_the_crowd.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_great_mismatch_that_made_a_huge_difference_in_jimi_hendrixs_career_and_why_he_flipped_the_bird_to_the_crowd.html Music News: "As absurd as that sounds, to the Hendrix management, that was not a bad deal."]]> Sat, 25 May 2024 22:23:08 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-steely_dan_guitarist_recalls_trading_guitars_with_pre-fame_jimi_hendrix_his_boss_got_real_mad_for_it.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-steely_dan_guitarist_recalls_trading_guitars_with_pre-fame_jimi_hendrix_his_boss_got_real_mad_for_it.html Music News: "I'm docking you three weeks' pay for that because it's not a great deal."]]> Mon, 26 Feb 2024 22:13:12 -0500