John Allen Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942,in Seattle, Washington. His lifestyle at a young age wasn’t good. His mother Lucille, was still a teen and his father Al, was a serviceman and they did not live together during their relationship. Jimi didn’t see his father until the age of three when his father was discharged from the army in 1945. Jimi was placed in the care of a family in Berkley, California. When Al found what had happened he traveled to Berkley retrieve his son and brought him back to Seattle. When this happened a new life began.

As Jimi grew up he developed a great love for music. He received his first guitar in the summer of 1958. It was a five-dollar second-hand acoustic guitar, and in 1959 Al bought Jimi an electric guitar. In 1961 he enlisted in the United

States army and in ’62 earned the "Screaming Eagles" patch for the paratroop division. He was stationed at Fort Campbell. While there he met Billy Cox, and they formed The King Casuals. After bein

This was not even close to knowing what really happened. A close friend of Hendrix, Eric Burdon stated that Hendrix’s death as "deliberate," and that "Jimi made his exit when he wanted to go" (McDermott 286). This is a poem written by Hendrix on the night of his death.

But Hendrix, a cocaine addict, was already near death. "Call me a bit later, man," he groaned .

Maybe all of this is coincidence? Maybe he did commit suicide? Even though he died from sleeping pills and cocaine overdoses, he still made a big impact on the people of the world. Even in 1998 he has made an impact. He has inspired many musicians to play. Maybe your favorite song wouldn’t have been wrote if it weren’t for Jimi Hendrix inspiring that person to write and play the way they did. The collection of songs over his short life and career influenced the blues, rock, R&B, and jazz. All of these make Jimi John Allen Hendrix one of the most popular people in the history of rock music (Peasant, Steven C. Internet 4).

Within hours he was dead. At 24. A victim of the pop-drug culture that he helped perpetuate (McDermott 288).

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