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John McLaughlin on how his first encounter with Jimi Hendrix ended in “disaster”
By Jonathan Horsley published
McLaughlin has fond recollections of meeting Hendrix, even if his legendary 1969 Record Plant jam did not go to plan

“I was playing the Fender Strat that Jimi Hendrix gave me”: Billy Gibbons on the making of ZZ Top's greatest blues song
By Paul Elliott published
"For some reason the guitar wasn’t working through the amp," Gibbons recalled

“I’ll never forget meeting Jimi at that club”: Buddy Guy comes out of retirement to honour Hendrix
By Will Simpson published
Blues legend joins a throng of guitar heroes for ‘Experience Hendrix’ tour

Brian May recalls the time he played live through Hendrix’s Marshall – and it didn’t go well
By Jonathan Horsley published
Hendrix might have had the Marshall stack under his spell but the Queen says he struggled to play a chord
![Joe Satriani [left] plays his Chrome Boy Ibanez signature S-style on stage, and wears a black T-shirt and wraparound shades; JImi Hendrix [right] wears a bright patterned shirt and plays his Olympic White Fender Stratocaster onstage at Royal Albert Hall.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sPWCirz8fjBvGixtRANGCo.jpg)
Joe Satriani explains the difference between today’s online virtuosos and Jimi Hendrix
By Jonathan Horsley published
Satch says Hendrix was never played anything that sounded like an exercise – he “just sounded like music”

"I'm going to pretend I'm Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview
By Guitarist magazine published
Best of 2024: "The thing that really stunned Eric and me was the way he took what we did and made it better"

“Jimi was brave, beautiful and powerful!”: On Hendrix’s birthday, a tribute from Eric Gales
By Amit Sharma published
Gales says: “Until the end of time, we’re going to be wondering how Jimi came up with this stuff"

“He offered me Jimi’s guitar and then disappeared!”: How Lenny Kravitz almost got Hendrix’s Strat
By Paul Elliott published
Hendrix’s drummer called Lenny “the best thing since Jimi”
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