Jimi Hendrix was a worldwide phenomenon with his unique style of guitar-playing. He toured all over the world, before his tragic death aged just 27. But did Hendrix have children or any long-term ...

Jimi Hendrix was raised in foster care The young Jimi Hendrix was eventually given to a woman named Mrs. Champ in Berkeley, California, who raised him as a foster child.

From the start, Jimi Hendrix was one of a kind. He was actually born Johnny Allen Hendrix in 1942, but his parents changed his name to James Marshall when he was 4.

So for Leon, it's absolutely nuts for Jimi Hendrix's brother to even think he could be a guitar player. It's suicidal, almost. You have to, to a degree, admire that." ...

In 1983, when Julia Child (right) received a Bates honorary degree, ... On March 16, 1968, the Bates rock band The Hanseatic League opened for legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix at the nearby Armory.

Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Hendrix (aka James Marshall Hendrix) on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. The child of impoverished parents, he began playing the guitar at 15.