If you had to guess what was in Jimi Hendrix’s record collection, what might you imagine? Buddy Guy? Muddy Waters? Bob Dylan? You’d be correct with each of those responses. As Guitar Player learned ...

A guitar that Jimi Hendrix played in the early Sixties — when the guitar god was an R&B sideman and fledgling rocker based in New York City — sold at auction Saturday for $216,000, nearly four times ...

Jimi Hendrix was a beloved rock icon known for his out-of-this-world guitar skills. Before his death in 1970 at the age of 27, Hendrix became known for his music as well as his unique style of ...

The electric guitar has become such a fixture in popular culture we now take it for granted. Despite groundbreaking modern guitar slingers like Saint Vincent, H.E.R. and Tosin Abasi, traditional rock ...

Ronnie Wood didn’t have to wait long to become a notable musician. Before joining The Rolling Stones, he was a teenage star in The Birds, who had some success in England, played a stolen bass in the ...

St. Vincent has named Jimi Hendrix’s Crosstown Traffic as the song that got her into rock guitar music, despite the fact she doesn't believe his records sound that great. In an interview with Kerrang!

Both "All Along the Watchtower" and "Foxy Lady" appeared on Hendrix’s 1967 debut album Are You Experienced? But according to Hendrix’s biographer Harry Shapiro, the rocker actually hated playing "Foxy ...

Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970) performing at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 18th May 1969. (Photo by Walter Iooss Jr./Getty Images) Jimi Hendrix‘s Japanese sunburst guitar went for $216,000 at ...

Today, rock icon Jimi Hendrix is known as the greatest guitar player ever. The Seattle-born artist seemed effortless on his instrument, though fans know well that he practiced all day and night ...

Jimi Hendrix changed the music world with his guitar playing in a brief but prolific four years. In iconic stature, he rivals Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Rolling Stones as one of rock and roll’s ...