![]() No longer content to play just RnB, Jimi was encouraged to pursue his interests in jazz, folk, British flavored psychedelic rock and manipulation of pure sound. This move would an unleash a torrent of creativity for Hendrix as he immersed himself in the new proto-progressive rock scene in London. In 1966 Chas Chandler convinced Jimi to move to London where he hooked up with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding to form The Jimi Hendrix Experience. In 1965 he struck out on his own in New York City under the name Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. King, Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, The Isley Brothers and many more. In the early to mid-60s, under the psuedonym Jimmy James, Jimi worked with the top RnB artists of the day including Sam Cooke, Wilson Pickett, B.B. ![]() ![]() King, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Eddie Cochran and others. Jimi started playing the guitar as a young teenager and picked up influences from Muddy Waters, B.B. Many years later his manager Chas Chandler would suggest changing his name to Jimi. Originally named Johnny Allen by his mother, his father later changed his name to James Marshall Hendrix. ![]() James Marshall Hendrix (Born Johnny Allen) - (Seattle, USA).
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