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Did Jimi Hendrix really only perform for 4 years and that’s it?

On Google, it says Jimi Hendrix was only a guitarist for 4 years and that’s it? How is he such a big rockstar if he only played for 4 years? Doesn’t seem like much of a career? 

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  • RoVale
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago
    Favorite Answer

    No, that's only the time he was very well known. He was performing well before that.

  • Anonymous
    3 weeks ago

    It's all about promotion and how well the entertainer is marketed. Woodstock solidified just about all musicians who appeared on this massive, musical, and political platform. In Hendrix' case, promoting African Americans was a priority then as it is now.  

    Here's a rare interview with Hendrix on the Dick Cavett Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGf9PTYyJ4A

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 weeks ago

    He only lived for 27 years so yes, his career was TOO brief.  I often try to imagine the music he would have put out over the years had he lived longer.  I also think he would have LOVED Yngwie Malmsteen.  I wish he could have lived to see him.  

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    From what I found, he was active for 7 tears.

  • 4 weeks ago

    Most musicians who died at 27 had a obvious short career.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 weeks ago

    He was noticed in 1967 at the Monterray Pop Festival (I think) and he died in 1971 so that's four years.

  • 4 weeks ago

    Sometimes it doesn't take a long time to have a big influence.  That deaf dumb and blind kid, sure can play a mean pinball (I believe that Pinball Wizard was written about Hendrix).

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