As music legend John Denver once said, “Music brings people together. This allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere are the same in heart and mind. No matter what language we speak, no matter our color, the shape of our politics, or the expression of our love and faith, music proves: we are the same. Jimi Hendrix is ​​one of those rare elites who possess the power to bring people together around a common goal. Hendrix performed during the experimental era of the 1960s. Hendrix is ​​a legendary musician and a hero to those who appreciated his music. Hendrix's can-do attitude in the music business helped him achieve success in many areas that others did not. His music often changed the lives of the people he played and worked with. Hendrix even forged his own musical genre. “The greatest rock guitarist of all time, with a raw, blues-influenced style that brought fire and emotion to rock music unlike anything seen before” (Unterberger). Jimi Hendrix is ​​remembered as a brilliant musical innovator because of his difficult childhood, strange dedication, and military background. Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1942. The naive couple James Allen Ross Hendrix and Lucille Jetters eagerly welcomed Johnny Allen Hendrix. in the world. Unfortunately, James Hendrix was deployed in the army when his son arrived and therefore did not see him until he was three years old (Henderson). Hendrix's mother was inexperienced and unprepared for motherhood. So when he was a child, Hendrix went from family member to family member at a very young age (Notable Black American Men). Among the many family members he lived with were his paternal grandparents. Nora and Ross Hendrix welcomed Hendrix and his little brother... middle of paper...together, and no matter the cultural or language barrier, there can be music shows, we are all one and the same. Cited Henderson, David. “Jimi Hendrix.” Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History. Gale, 2006. Biography in Context. Internet. January 9, 2014. “The Jimi Hendrix Experience Biography.” » Biography of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nd Web. January 14, 2014. “Jimi Hendrix.” Contemporary musicians. Flight. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1989. Biography in Context. Internet. January 13, 2014. “Jimi Hendrix.” Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. Biography in Context. Internet. January 13, 2014. “Jimi Hendrix.” Notable Black American Men, Book II. Ed. Jessie Carney Smith. Flight. 2. Detroit: Gale, 2006. Biography in Context. Internet. January 17, 2014.Unterberger, Richie. “All music.” All music. Np, and Web. February 28. 2014.