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Jimi Hendrix Drummer Found Dead in Hotel Room

November 13, 2008

Mitch Mitchell, the Jimi Hendrix Experience's drummer, was found dead early Wednesday morning in a Portland hotel room. He was 62.Mitchell, who also played with Jeff Beck, Terry Reid and Jeff Bruce over the course of his career, was enjoying a break after the Experience Hendrix tour at the time of his passing. The Multnomah County Medical Examiner's .....

September 5, 2008

The guitar Jimi Hendrix set on fire at London's Astoria in March 1967 was sold for $497,500 at a London auction on Thursday. Daniel Boucher, a fan from Boylston, MA, snagged the 1965 Fender Stratocaster after making a special trip overseas. "I thought I'd have to pay a little bit more for it, actually," he told the Associated Press. "I am going to .....

June 13, 2008

Jimi Hendrix's most famous guitar a '65 Fender Stratocaster, the one he set on fire at the London Astoria on March 31, 1967 will be auctioned off this summer after being kept in storage for the past 40 years. According to NME.com, the rock 'n' roll artifact is expected to fetch about £250,000, a number that may rise after the axe appears on the cover .....

April 30, 2008

An anonymous memorabilia collector has found a 40-year-old Jimi Hendrix sex tape, and sold the rights to Vivid Entertainment. The major porn company plans on releasing a DVD of the film featuring commentary tracks from such noted groupies as Cynthia Plaster Caster (one of two brunettes in the video) and Pamela Des Barres. "This new movie shows that .....

September 24, 2007

October 16 will see the release of Jimi Hendrix's long-awaited, legendary performance from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival as a special edition DVD. It features all the footage from the concert as it was originally performed.The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey Definitive Edition DVD also includes a new documentary titled American Landing, which .....

March 7, 2007

The family of guitar icon Jimi Hendrix has filed a federal lawsuit against the Seattle alcohol company Hendrix Electric Vodka for wrongfully using trademarked material in a marketing campaign for the newly launched beverage. Janie Hendrix, Jimi's adopted sister and chief executive of Experience Hendrix, issued a statement saying, "We are greatly concerned .....

January 30, 2007

"Are You Experienced?" Energy drink aficionados will now be able to answer a peppy "Yes!" to Jimi Hendrix's immortal question, although they may not quite be on the same page as the late guitar-slinger. A Los Angeles-based company has scored the rights to exploit -- er, utilize Hendrix's image in the promotion of a new energy drink called Liquid Experience.Beverage .....

June 30, 2006

Guitarist Johnny Jenkins passed away in Macon, Georgia on Monday evening, June 26, at the age of 67. In the early '60s, Jenkins was playing on the Southern frat party circuit when he went up to a young, pre-fame Otis Redding with a promise to help bring the singer's sound to life. Redding accepted the offer, and Jenkins delivered, pioneering an acrobatic, .....