Download the Jimi Hendrix fan app!-Videos-Pictures-Fact-LearnJimi Hendrix was such a dominant presence in the late 1960’s music scene his whole career was full of milestones of one kind or another. So what "facts" help us see this unique character more clearly? Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle. A family friend sold him a cheap acoustic guitar when he was fifteen years old. From then on he spent almost all his waking hours playing the guitar. He listened to records by B.B. King and Muddy Waters, and imitated what he heard. He got to know some other guitar lessons and learned from themDownload while it´s still free!