What is your favorite musician? There are so many to choose from, and everyone has their own favorites. Mine is Jimi Hendrix! Have you ever listened to a song that you immediately liked? That is how I felt when I listened to his song “Purple Haze”. “Purple Haze” was inspired by a dream he had of walking under the sea. In the dream, he said, a purple haze surrounded him and got him lost. Jimi Hendrix is still considered the greatest guitar player of all time and has inspired countless other musicians like Kurt Cobain and Prince, to name a few.
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Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, one year before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Jimi was from the Central District and lived there most of his childhood. Jackson Street was a place for legendary jazz clubs like the Rocking Chair, where artists Ray Charles and Quincy Jones played.…show more content… Jimi’s father Al took notice of Jimi’s interest, saying, “I used to have Jimmy clean up the bedroom all the time while I was gone, and when I would come home I would find a lot of broom straws around the foot of the bed. I’d say to him, ‘Well didn’t you sweep up the floor?’ and he’d say, ‘Oh yeah,’ he did. But I’d find out later that he used to be sitting at the end of the bed there and strumming the broom like he was playing a guitar.” Al found an old one-string ukulele, which he gave to Jimi, which was a huge improvement compared to the
