The Jimi Hendrix Experience pose for a portrait in 1968. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty hide caption
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Jimi Hendrix performs onstage at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 18, 1967 in Monterey, California. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Black Innovators of Rock and Roll Pt 1 on World Cafe
Baron Wolman, photographed on Aug. 2, 2011 in New York for the release of his book The Rolling Stones Years. Anna Webber/WireImage hide caption
Electric Lady "was this colorful, vibrant space that encouraged you to use your imagination and and inspired new music," says Lee Foster. It's an atmosphere he continues to cultivate in the studios today. Getty Images hide caption
50 Years Later, Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios Is Still An Artistic Haven
A look inside George Frideric Handel flat at 25 Brook Street (left), and Jimi Hendrix's at 23 Brook Street (right) Kimberly Junod/WXPN hide caption
Handel And Hendrix In London On World Cafe
Bruce Springsteen belts out his hit song "Born in the USA" before a sellout crowd in 1985. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption
The Beatles in 1968 Courtesy Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption
Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers' album Bought to Rot is on our list of the best new albums out Nov. 9. Bryce Mata/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Eddie Kramer Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Eddie Kramer On World Cafe
Jimi Hendrix performs at the Hollywood Bowl in Sept. 1968. Chuck Boyd/Authentic Hendrix, LLC hide caption
Eddie Kramer Completes Posthumous Jimi Hendrix Trilogy With 'Both Sides Of The Sky'
Jimi Hendrix's Both Sides of the Sky comes out March 9. Courtesy of Experience Hendrix LLC hide caption
Jimi Hendrix prepares to "sacrifice" his guitar at Monterey Pop in an iconic rock 'n' roll moment. Courtesy of Janus Films hide caption
Jimi Hendrix Experience's Are You Experienced? was released 50 years ago Friday. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
Eljuri is a huge fan of the lead guitar work of the classic-rock era. Courtesy of Manovill Records hide caption
André Benjamin plays Jimi Hendrix in the new film Jimi: All Is By My Side. Patrick Redmond/Courtesy of Open Road Films hide caption
From Sideman To Star: A New Film Captures Jimi Hendrix's Pivotal Year
Debutantes in the opening waltz of the 2011 Vienna Opera Ball. The head of the Vienna Institute for Strauss Research calls the waltz "Austria's premier cultural export." JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The newest collection of Jimi Hendrix material is titled People, Hell and Angels. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The Jimi Hendrix You Never Knew
Jimi Hendrix's new album, People, Hell and Angels, comes out March 5. Brian T. Colvil/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Jimi Hendrix, 'People, Hell And Angels'
From coffeehouses to punk clubs, Matt Haimovitz has played his cello in some surprising places. Steph Mackinnon hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Neil Young with Patti Smith, Hank Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Maureen Gray. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
