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Posts Tagged ‘Jimi Hendrix’
Download the Jimi Hendrix Complete Experience app
Written by admin on November 27, 2011 – 7:10 am -Jimi Hendrix would have celebrated his 69th birthday today if he hadn’t sadly passed away at the age of just 27 on September 18, 1970.
| To mark the late guitarist’s birthday, this month saw the launch of the “Jimi Hendrix – The Complete Experience” app for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The app provides information on Jimi’s discography, concerts and documentaries. It is also integrated with iTunes so you can play the songs that you already own or purchase those that you don’t. |  |
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Elvis, Beatles, Hendrix & Springsteen feature in rock & pop auction
Written by admin on November 26, 2011 – 3:49 pm - |
Over 900 rock ‘n’ roll and pop culture artifacts will go on sale in the Rock & Pop Culture Auction which runs from November 30 to December 9. |
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Rock & Pop Culture Auction, The Beatles
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Jimi Hendrix voted greatest guitarist of all time
Written by admin on November 25, 2011 – 9:20 pm -| Jimi Hendrix has topped Rolling Stone’s list of 100 greatest guitarists of all time for the second time.
The list was drawn up following the votes of an expert panel assembled by Rolling Stone. The panel included writers and journalists such as David Fricke and Peter Guralnick, and a host of top artists, including Ritchie Blackmore, James Burton, Steve Cropper, Kirk Hammett, Lenny Kravitz, Robby Krieger, Brian May, Roger McGuinn and Scotty Moore. |
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Andre 3000 to play Jimi Hendrix?
Written by admin on July 7, 2011 – 7:05 pm -| OutKast’s Andre 3000 is set to take on the lead role in a biopic of Jimi Hendrix, according to English actress Hayley Atwell, who is starring in the blockbuster “Captain America” this summer.
Atwell told Esquire that her next movie role would possibly be the biopic and that it would star the OutKast rapper, whose real name is Andre Benjamin. |
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller jacket to be auctioned
Written by admin on June 8, 2011 – 6:56 pm -The red leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the classic Thriller video is expected to be the star lot in a two-day Music Icons auction later this month.
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Julien's music icons auction, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson's Thriller jacket, Ringo Starr
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