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"The drugs got heavier and things got weirder": The wild life and violent death of Chicago's Terry Kath

When Chicago founder Terry Kath accidentally killed himself, the world was robbed of one of its greatest guitarists

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“I used my P-Bass in the studio and my Jazz Bass live, because it projected a little louder”: Originally recorded as a B-side, this riff-driven blues became a Jimi Hendrix classic – and bassist Billy Cox played a pivotal role

Hendrix named the track after the Olympic White Fender Stratocaster he wielded during his iconic Woodstock set

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“There are long winding passages, it’s almost womb-like… That’s something that would have really spoken to a guy like Jimi”: How Jimi Hendrix masterminded the ultimate sonic playground where Led Zeppelin and The Clash came to record

A new boxset full of previously unreleased recordings shines a light on Hendrix's bold new vision for Electric Ladyland Studios. Sadly, Hendrix would die before being able to make full use of it, but Jeff Slate, who worked on this new release, tells us how the NYC studio was integral…

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“When we finished playing, Bill Clinton came up and introduced himself – with the Secret Service all around. A couple of weeks later, I got this envelope in the mail from the White House”: Jimmy D. Lane was raised among blues greats, but found his own way

The Strat-wielder’s religious moment with Hendrix’s Hey Joe compelled him to spend all his money on a pawn shop guitar… which led to him performing for Bill Clinton, guesting with B.B. King, working with Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Double Trouble and much more

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"They're called The Experience, man. You've gotta see them": In December 1966 Jimi Hendrix released Hey Joe: Five days later he played a casino in a hotel basement

In late 1966 writer Chris Welch saw The Who play at a tiny East London club. Later that day, he saw Jimi Hendrix in an even smaller venue

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‘His spirit is everywhere’: the fascinating story of Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady studio

New documentary takes a look back to the late 60s when the star commissioned a recording studio that has since taken on a life of its own

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"The man's mind was on so many different levels – it's amazing": Eddie Kramer breaks down Jimi Hendrix's remarkable approach to guitar layering on the ambitious Night Bird Flying

Check out this clip from the forthcoming documentary documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

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“While his life was cut short, so many other talented artists continue to express themselves within those magical walls”: 38 unreleased Jimi Hendrix tracks to feature on new film and CD/vinyl box set celebrating Electric Lady Studios

The epic Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision is stuffed with unheard treasures, 5.1 surround sound mixes, and is essential listening and viewing for Hendrix fans. It drops on 13 September

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“He was driven internally to build a home base where he could record everything he felt”: 38 unreleased Jimi Hendrix tracks recorded shortly before his death are set to be released for the first time

The recordings were captured at Hendrix’s Electric Lady studios with Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox, and will be accompanied by a documentary on the studio’s creation

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Shooting Marianne Faithfull and more secret stories behind the greatest rock 'n' roll photos

Gered Mankowitz is the man behind some of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest photos. He recalls shooting Marianne Faithfull, Jimi Hendrix and more

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"One night we sat down and did the entire thing on a cassette set-up – it was magnificent!": How a set of unfinished, acid-fried songs about a mythical superhero could have been Jimi Hendrix’s last album

Black Gold was an unfinished, autobiographical suite that may have provided the foundation for Jimi Hendrix's fifth studio album

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“Jimi was a genius guitarist, but the recording sessions were chaos, and onstage, it was getting ridiculous”: Why Noel Redding quit the Jimi Hendrix Experience

After a show in Denver on June 29, 1969, bassist Noel Redding brought an end to one of rock's greatest trios

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Court rules Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell estates can sue for Jimi Hendrix Experience album royalties

The decision by London’s High Court means that estates of Hendrix’s rhythm section can now sue Sony Music Entertainment for album royalties that were signed away in the 1970s

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Estates of Jimi Hendrix bandmates can sue over royalties dispute

London’s high court rules that companies representing bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell can seek a copyright change, after signing away rights in 1970s

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"In our haste, the lump of hash got away and slipped down the sink drainpipe. Panic!": What happened when Jimi Hendrix created havoc and got banned by The BBC

The producers of BBC1's Happening For Lulu wanted Jimi Hendrix to play Hey Joe. Instead, viewers were treated to a tribute to Cream and controlled chaos

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“I've never been a fan of tapping, tricks or whammy bars. There have been a few greats, like Edward Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, but what they did came from somewhere”: Kiss's Paul Stanley names 11 guitarists who shaped his sound

The stalwart rhythm guitarist gets back to the roots of his brand of hard-rock showmanship: why AC/DC and Kiss share a similar guitar mentality, how Mitch Mitchell elevated Jimi Hendrix, and what makes Jimmy Page the Beethoven of guitarists

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“You hear bombs, a baby being born, an eagle flying, you hear things that people don’t normally hear”: how Jimi Hendrix pulled back from the brink of disaster at Woodstock and sealed his legend

The story of Jimi Hendrix’s iconic appearance at 1969’s Woodstock festival

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The Band of Gypsys bassist Billy Cox remembers Woodstock

Billy Cox: “If you listen to The Star Spangled Banner you hear me playing the first five or six notes. Then I immediately stepped back”

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Slash once partnered with Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates for a stirring tribute cover of Hey Joe in honor of the guitar great

Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox supported Slash and Steve Winwood as the supergroup paid tribute to the guitar master in scintillating style at the UK Music Hall of Fame ceremony

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Richard Johnson: Taylor Swift would have been a good lawyer

NEW YORK — Taylor Swift has a new group of fans with her new hit song, “Anti-Hero” — lawyers who deal with trusts and wills.

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In a hurricane (or any other inclement weather), protecting vital financial docs is a priority

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