How Jimi Hendrix Learned to Play Guitar

JasO

A few months ago Line 6 commissioned me to write a three-part series on how Jimi Hendrix learned to play the guitar. To create these articles, I used information told to me by his father, James “Al” Hendrix, as we co-wrote My Son Jimi, as well as the recollections of Jimi’s childhood friends, schoolmates, younger brother Leon, Billy Cox, and Chas Chandler. The following link provides more detailed background information, embedded musical samples, and the links to all three installments: 

​How Jimi Hendrix Learned to Play Guitar

Gilly

Just read part 1. Really interesting read. No surprise that, by the sound of it, the key components were raw talent and obsessive practicing and probably also a strong desire to escape his deprived background. Thanks for posting!

mrkb

Had he not heard of Burt Weedon?

eru

JasO said:

A few months ago Line 6 commissioned me to write a three-part series on how Jimi Hendrix learned to play the guitar. To create these articles, I used information told to me by his father, James “Al” Hendrix, as we co-wrote My Son Jimi, as well as the recollections of Jimi’s childhood friends, schoolmates, younger brother Leon, Billy Cox, and Chas Chandler. The following link provides more detailed background information, embedded musical samples, and the links to all three installments: 

​How Jimi Hendrix Learned to Play Guitar

This is great, thanks.