Hendrix was as individualistic in his stage warderobe as he was in his stage act. His clothes , old mixed with new clothes of war an the tie-dye fabrics of war protestors , were as loud and chaotic as his electric guitar playing . His own sense of style was manifest at eight years old when ordered out of a Baptist church for being dressed too extravagantly . Expelled from school at fifteen he drifted into juvenile delinquency , stealing flashy clothes from stores. He wore his hair in wild unkempt version of the Afro hairstyle adopted by the "Black pride" movement of the late 1960's.His clothes was often an electric mix of almost fop-like finery and hippie ethniecity . He often wore his trademark black felt fedora . His psychadelic clothing - multicoloured patchwork shirts. , flower - print jackets and swirly scarves - was reminscent of the drug-inducatd hallucinations that inspired the lyrics of his songs.
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is often considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres.After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. Hendrix often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. Hendrix was one of the musicians who popularized the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock which he often used to deliver an exaggerated pitch in his solos, particularly with high bends and use of legato based around the pentatonic scale.
Hendrix was well known for his unique sense of fashion and wardrobe and his Afro hairstyle. A set of hair curlers was one of the few possessions that traveled with him to England when he was first discovered in 1966. When his first advance check arrived, Hendrix immediately took to the streets of London in search of clothing at famous boutiques like I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet and Granny Takes a Trip, both of which specialized in vintage fashion. He purchased at least two army dress uniform jackets, including an old Hussar's jacket adorned with tasseled ropes. A group of policemen once ordered him to remove a Royal Veterinary Corps dress jacket, saying it was an offense to the men who had worn it
