People I admire - Jimi Hendrix

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

When i was 16, i took a few hendrix albums out of the library - "are you experienced", and "smash hits." i became a pretty avid fan, and ended up buying most of his albums, read books about him, and began to play guitar. Until that point i always thought of him as just another drug casualty of the 60s, but he was a real visionary musically, artistically and socially. he completely changed the face of rock guitar. if you've never seen his woodstock performances, you should check them out. i hear a hendrix woodstock DVD is coming out soon. what a shame he died.