When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Chris Morphet/Redferns Years before Jimi Hendrix made it big, he backed a host of other ...

Jimi Hendrix was an unknown 22-year-old guitarist when he was part of Little Richard's backing band at Boston's Back Bay Theatre – then known as the Donnelly Theatre – on 12 May, 1965. Now a recently ...

Recordings of him moonlighting as a session guitarist with Curtis Knight & the Squires from 1965-'67 are cleared for release. By Richard Smirke, Billboard After decades of litigation, a deal has ...

Rock legend Jimi Hendrix, born on Nov. 27, 1942, dominated the music world with his talents as a singer, songwriter and guitarist during his short career in the 1960s. Hendrix backed artists like ...

Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix have both come to define two different but consecutive eras of rock ‘n’ roll. While the former enjoyed the apex of his fame in the 1950s, the latter would find his ...