Reuters - Aug 28, 2009
The Jimi Hendrix catalog is moving over and letting another major take over. Experience Hendrix, the family company that controls Hendrix's catalog and copyrights, has struck an eight-year, worldwide...
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Rock legend Jimi Hendrix's first recording contract worth $1 and erotic audio and video tapes sent by Madonna to her old bodyguard went on sale in an online auction on Monday. Other artists and...
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Jimi Hendrix s former roadie James Tappy Wright has claimed that the late guitar legend was murdered by his manager, Michael Jeffrey. In his new book Rock Roadie, Wright claims that Jeffrey told him...
More »Reuters - Mar 30, 2009
A home recording by Jimi Hendrix, which its owners said showed the 1960s rock icon's softer side, will be auctioned next month and is expected to fetch between 50,000 and 100,000 pounds ($70-140...
More »AP - Mar 4, 2009
The Portland Museum of Art has discovered that there s nothing like a little rock n roll to bring in the crowds. The museum in Portland, Maine, drew a record 17,839 visitors in February, thanks to the...
More »AP - Feb 18, 2009
A company that promoted Hendrix Electric vodka is paying $3.2 million to the estate of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, which claimed the spirit infringed on the Hendrix trademark and was created in poor...
More »Reuters - Nov 12, 2008
Mitch Mitchell, a pioneering drummer best known for his work with 1960s rock icon Jimi Hendrix, died on Wednesday, at age 62. Mitchell was found dead in his Portland, Oregon, hotel room. A Multnomah...
More »AP - Nov 12, 2008
Mitch Mitchell, drummer for the legendary Jimi Hendrix Experience of the 1960s and the group s last surviving member, was found dead in his hotel room early Wednesday. He was 61. Mitchell was a powerful...
More »Reuters - Oct 10, 2008
Wannabe rock stars will have a greater choice of instruments and songs to choose from as videogames like Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2 introduce new features. After selling 23 million units...
More »Reuters - Sep 18, 2008
With the much-anticipated Rock Band 2 now on store shelves, rival franchise Guitar Hero is sneaking into the news on several fronts. Most recently, Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash let it slip to...
More »AP - Sep 4, 2008
A guitar set alight onstage by Jimi Hendrix during a concert in London was sold at auction on Thursday for $497,500 to a U.S. collector. The scorched Fender Stratocaster was the star lot at an auction...
More »Reuters - Aug 25, 2008
Music by Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Janis Joplin and Deep Purple, among others, will be performed live by the Mystic Orchestra as part of Flashback -- the Classic Rock Experience...
More »AP - Aug 5, 2008
It s showtime in Studio E. A short, balding man with a thick black mustache pops on headphones in the radio booth and leans toward the microphone as a bouncy tune — one of his compositions —...
More »AP - Jul 18, 2008
Jimi Hendrix is coming to Guitar Hero. The Seattle-based company Experience Hendrix, which controls the rock icon s musical legacy, is providing Hendrix s music and likeness for the latest Guitar Hero...
More »Reuters - Jul 16, 2008
One of Jimi Hendrix's favorite guitars, set alight on a London stage more than 40 years ago and thought to have been lost forever, is to be auctioned later this year. The guitar, a 1965 Fender...
More »E! Online - May 2, 2008
Jimi Hendrix's bedroom jam is apparently a sham. The family-run Seattle-based firm that controls Hendrix's music says a sex tape purported to feature the guitar god engaging two foxy ladies is...
More »Reuters - May 1, 2008
The company that controls rights to rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix's music and likeness said on Thursday a purported sex tape of the musician being sold on the Internet was not authentic. We strongly...
More »AP - Apr 29, 2008
Vivid Entertainment is releasing a sex tape allegedly starring Jimi Hendrix. The Los Angeles-based adult entertainment company said they obtained the sex tape from a memorabilia collector. The 11 minutes...
More »E! Online - Apr 29, 2008
Was Jimi Hendrix experienced? Let's go to the vaults, shall we? Vivid Entertainment, the company that brought you the X-rated shenanigans of Pamela Anderson and Kim Kardashian, among others, announced...
More »AP - Nov 30, 2007
An auction at Christie s of rock n roll memorabilia from some of the hottest bands of the 1960s and 70s hauled in big bucks Friday, including $20,000 for a Jimi Hendrix album and more than $4,000 for...
More »Reuters - Nov 13, 2007
Ever get mad trying to figure out why your version of Voodoo Child doesn't sound like Jimi Hendrix? Help is at hand from what is described as the world's first robot guitar -- an electric guitar...
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