Members Still.ill Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 it says on wikipedia he first had an electric when he was 16 and a half.. a far cry from all those youtube videos you see of those kids who started playing at like 8 and can shred at like 12 years hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spike Li Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 cool story bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bhodie Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 Not so late according to one source: "Hendrix's father, James "Al" Hendrix, later changed his son's name to James Marshall Hendrix. His mother died when Jimi was 10, about the same time as Jimi began to take a serious interest in music and playing the guitar. When he was 12 he got his first electric guitar - the instrument which shaped the next 16 years of his life. At the age of 16, Jimi was thrown out of school, apparently for holding the hand of a white girl in class. He slung his guitar over his back and left home to enlist in the Army, where he served as a parachute jumper until an injury led to his discharge. Hendrix began working as a session guitarist under the name Jimmy James, supporting such marquee acts as Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner, and the Isley Brothers. After working extensively with Little Richard in 1964, Hendrix became entangled in a contract dispute with the mercurial artist and left to form his own band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. With the exception of an obscure single, "My Diary," with Arthur Lee (later of the L.A. psych band "Love"), none of the music Hendrix cut with other artists was made more remarkable by his presence. After playing Greenwich Village coffeehouses for the better part of a year (still under the moniker Jimmy James), Hendrix encountered Chas Chandler, of The Animals fame, at a New York club. Impressed with his playing, Chandler, who was then looking to switch gears to management, took Hendrix to London in the fall of 1966 and masterminded the creation of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Backed by Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, the Experience offered Hendrix the wide-open rock-and-roll format he needed to exercise his dazzling skills as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Chandler unleashed the band on the London pop scene, and in short order Hendrix et al became the talk of the town. " But, there are a number of other accounts.. but regardless it was apparent he started in his very early teens.. 13 or 14 at the latest.. But remember, he was not learning to copy Hendrix.. he had to learn to be Hendrix.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarman3001 Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 I don't feel so bad now. I didn't start playing until I was almost 20 or 21. I think it's easier to learn if you start younger simply because of the way the brain works and learns. When you're growing, your brain tends to absorb and store information more easily It's similar to how it's easier for people to learn languages at a young age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 I was feeling guilty because I started at 5 and still no shred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members paulojcduarte Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 At the age of 16, Jimi was thrown out of school, apparently for holding the hand of a white girl in class. wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members humbuckerstrat Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 Not so late according to one source: "Hendrix's father, James "Al" Hendrix, later changed his son's name to James Marshall Hendrix. His mother died when Jimi was 10, about the same time as Jimi began to take a serious interest in music and playing the guitar. When he was 12 he got his first electric guitar - the instrument which shaped the next 16 years of his life. At the age of 16, Jimi was thrown out of school, apparently for holding the hand of a white girl in class. He slung his guitar over his back and left home to enlist in the Army, where he served as a parachute jumper until an injury led to his discharge. Hendrix began working as a session guitarist under the name Jimmy James, supporting such marquee acts as Sam Cooke, Ike and Tina Turner, and the Isley Brothers. After working extensively with Little Richard in 1964, Hendrix became entangled in a contract dispute with the mercurial artist and left to form his own band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. With the exception of an obscure single, "My Diary," with Arthur Lee (later of the L.A. psych band "Love"), none of the music Hendrix cut with other artists was made more remarkable by his presence. After playing Greenwich Village coffeehouses for the better part of a year (still under the moniker Jimmy James), Hendrix encountered Chas Chandler, of The Animals fame, at a New York club. Impressed with his playing, Chandler, who was then looking to switch gears to management, took Hendrix to London in the fall of 1966 and masterminded the creation of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Backed by Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums, the Experience offered Hendrix the wide-open rock-and-roll format he needed to exercise his dazzling skills as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Chandler unleashed the band on the London pop scene, and in short order Hendrix et al became the talk of the town. " But, there are a number of other accounts.. but regardless it was apparent he started in his very early teens.. 13 or 14 at the latest.. But remember, he was not learning to copy Hendrix.. he had to learn to be Hendrix.. Cool read:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh S Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 Yeah, there's a kid in my grade 5 class that has been playing for two years already. Makes me jealous. I started at 17. I'd like to think I'd be pretty good if I'd started at 10 like everyone else these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 Hell, by the time he was my age, he'd been dead for 24 years.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rer122504 Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 he was given a uke at 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Will Chen Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 There are a couple different stories. I believe he actually started on a cigar box guitar pretty young. I think it was in the liner notes to the Jimi Hendrix Blues Album... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted February 8, 2010 Members Share Posted February 8, 2010 it says on wikipedia... I'm gonna stop you right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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