What Would Iconic Rock Stars Look Like Today?

By Jon Gardocki

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Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

Guitarist and songwriter whose approach to amplification, feedback and studio technique reshaped what an electric guitar was understood to do. His mainstream career lasted roughly four years. He died in 1970, aged 27.

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