Jimmy Henrix Life Long Time Line
...His mother is Lucille Jeter, 17. His father, James “Al” Hendrix, is in the U.S. Army, stationed in Camp Rucker, Alabama.
November 27, 1942: Johnny Allen Hendrix is born at 10:15 a.m. at Seattle’s King County Hospital. His mother is Lucille Jeter, 17. His father, James “Al” Hendrix, is in the U.S. Army, stationed in Camp Rucker, Alabama.
December 25, 1945: Noel Redding was born.
September 11, 1946: Al Hendrix, now out of the service, changes his son’s name to James Marshall Hendrix. Al will take primary responsibility for raising Jimi. “My dad was very strict and taught me that I must respect my elders always. I couldn’t speak unless I was spoken to first by grown-ups, so I’ve always been very quiet,” Hendrix said of his childhood.
July 9, 1947: Mitch Mitchell was born.
September 1, 1957: Jimi Hendrix goes to see Elvis Presley perform at Sicks Stadium.
February 2, 1958: Jimi Hendrix’s mother dies.
Summer 1958: Jimi Hendrix’s father buys him a second-hand acoustic guitar. It costs five dollars. “Jimmy told me about it [the guitar] and I said, ‘Okay,’ and gave him the money. He strummed away on that, working away all the time, any spare time he had,” said Al.
Summer 1959: Al Hendrix buys Jimi his first electric guitar, a Supro Ozark 1560 S. Jimi joins the Rocking Kings. “My first gig with them was at a National Guard armory. We earned like 35 cents apiece. We used to play stuff by people like the Coasters,” said Jimi.
Summer 1961: Jimi Hendrix enlists in the Army. Stationed at Fort Ord, California, he writes home: “The Army’s not too bad, so far. . . . All, I mean, all my hair’s cut off and I have to shave. . . I won’t be able to see you until two months from now. . . we’re going through basic training.”
November 1, 1961: Now stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Jimi Hendrix is training to become a paratrooper. Meanwhile, he forms a band, the...
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