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A poster of '60s rock icon Jimi Hendrix in the National Auditorium of Mexico City (© EDUARDO MIRANDA/epa/Corbis)

Alongside the countless playlists and articles that have made up our week-long celebration of the life of Jimi Hendrix, we've also posted a few more personal essays.

When interviewing such guitar heavyweights such as Steve Vai and Eric Johnson about Hendrix, we also asked them to answer the question: 'What does Jimi Hendrix mean to you?'. The resulting essays we got back were fantastic and, in the case of Jimi's sister Janie, revealed a side rarely found in articles on music-making websites - read Janie's touching tribute to her late brother here.

We also asked the question to our various communities on Facebook, Twitter and here on MusicRadar - you can find the best of the tributes here or just sign up and you'll find that the tributes are still pouring in.

So before our reader poll of your top 10 greatest Hendrix songs ever lands (UPDATE: Click here for the results!), we'll turn our last 'What Jimi Hendrix means to me' spotlight onto Joe Hrano. Young Joe was the latest of our talented army of unbelievably young MusicRadar interns and one who, when asked what music he was into, didn't reply Foals, Florence or Foo Fighters but "ROCK!" - and Hendrix in particular.

And so what better way to show that Hendrix isn't just for old hairy rockers but for the teenagers who represent the future of music than to ask one of them?

Hey, Joe - what does Jimi Hendrix mean to you?

Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey International Pop Festival © Michael Ochs Archives/Corbis

Joe: "My first memory of Jimi Hendrix was in the late Nineties, when I would have been around eight years old [See what I mean? - Ed]. My dad had me momentarily caged in my living room and I was under the impression that I was going to have some dadrock inflicted upon me.

"Whilst jamming Are You Experienced into the CD player, my dad told me that who I was about to be lending my ears to was widely considered 'the greatest guitar player in history'. I sighed and waited for the dadrock to begin, preparing myself for looming boredom.

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