The Death of Jimi Hendrix | Funeral Location, ORIGINAL Grave Location, New Grave & Mother’s Grave
Published 2022-07-25
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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music".
Born in Seattle, Washington, Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15. In 1961, he enlisted in the US Army, but was discharged the following year. Soon afterward, he moved to Clarksville then Nashville, Tennessee, and began playing gigs on the chitlin' circuit, earning a place in the Isley Brothers' backing band and later with Little Richard, with whom he continued to work through mid-1965. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals became his manager. Within months, Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience: "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze", and "The Wind Cries Mary". He achieved fame in the US after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, and in 1968 his third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, reached number one in the US. The double LP was Hendrix's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album. The world's highest-paid performer, he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before his accidental death in London from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18, 1970.
Hendrix was inspired by American rock and roll and electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain, and was instrumental in popularizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback. He was also one of the first guitarists to make extensive use of tone-altering effects units in mainstream rock, such as fuzz distortion, Octavia, wah-wah, and Uni-Vibe. He was the first musician to use stereophonic phasing effects in recordings. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented: "Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion, but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled, fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began."
Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously. In 1967, readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year and in 1968, Billboard named him the Artist of the Year and Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970, Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland, among the 100 greatest albums of all time, and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time.
Details are disputed concerning Hendrix's last day and death. He spent much of September 17, 1970, with Monika Dannemann in London, the only witness to his final hours. Dannemann said that she prepared a meal for them at her apartment in the Samarkand Hotel around 11 p.m., when they shared a bottle of wine. She drove him to the residence of an acquaintance at approximately 1:45 a.m., where he remained for about an hour before she picked him up and drove them back to her flat at 3 a.m. She said that they talked until around 7 a.m., when they went to sleep. Dannemann awoke around 11 a.m. and found Hendrix breathing but unconscious and unresponsive. She called for an ambulance at 11:18 a.m., and it arrived nine minutes later. Paramedics transported Hendrix to St Mary Abbots Hospital where Dr. John Bannister pronounced him dead at 12:45 p.m. on September 18.
Desmond Henley embalmed Hendrix's body which was flown to Seattle on September 29. Hendrix's family and friends held a service at Dunlap Baptist Church in Seattle's Rainier Valley on Thursday, October 1; his body was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in nearby Renton, the location of his mother's grave.
All Comments (21)
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It’s a disgrace that JANIE, Jimi’s STEP SISTER hasn’t put Lucille in Jimi’s grave site…shows how much she knew him, his mother was everything to him . 🤬
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The baby picture of Jimmy and his beloved mother is so precious. He was such a cute baby, and his mother was beautiful. RIP Jimmy.
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Thank you Scott for the video, I think it’s disrespectful and disgusting not to have his Mother’s grave next to her Son considering he was buried next to her to begin with. Without his Mother there would have been no Jimi.
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The fact that Jimi Hendrix's mother's remains weren't moved along with his, to rest next to where her son is buried, is beyond disgraceful - and an insult not only to the memory of Jimi, but that of his mother, as well. To see so many blank headstones awaiting inscriptions of other family members, adds insult to injury. Whomever decided that both he and his mother should be so blatantly disrespected, will no doubt have to answer to a Higher Power, when their time comes.
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Damn shame the mother is alone out there. I hope they can move her to her family. Thanks Scott!
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I met one of his cousins who used to tour with him, a few months ago.... really nice man and he told me stories about Jimi and how they grew up...I was able to talk to him for a while cuz I was at work and he was shopping...I won't ever forget that moment ....we are now friends on Instagram and check on each other from time to time.....btw he told me about a couple other legends too...it was so cool
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Thank you, Scott! What a talent and gone to soon! Beautiful monument for him. That guy with the guitar was so cool. RIP Jimi. You touched so many hearts and are greatly missed.
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I used to live in the apartments overlooking the cemetery. I could see Jimi's old grave from my living room. There were almost always someone there. Sometimes the visitors played guitar while sitting there. I was surprised at the simplicity of his original grave.
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So let me get this straight…. Whole family is buried over there next to him…..but the one who gave birth to him isn’t? I will have to do my research why that is but it really pains me to witness this…. Breaks my heart
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I live just down the freeway from there & it took me a few years to pay my respects. RIP to a great musician!
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I live in East Tennessee so I may never make it out to Jimi's Memorial but thank you for taking me there, forever grateful - Rock on.
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My favorite guitarist ever is Jimi. I still imagine how things would have been if he lived. How much more great music he would have put out. Rest in peace Jimi. Your music will live on forever. And thank you as always Scott. You're the best brother. ❤️🎸
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The wind chimes are so peaceful to hear
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Thank you Scott for your return visit to Jimi's funeral church and memorial. Who do we gotta talk to, petition, love bomb in order to get Jimi's momma moved next to her baby boy? If the step-family is concerned about funding, hells BELLS there're enough Jimi fans who will give $1 and it would be done within a week! We need a cost/goal for a GFM.
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Easily the greatest guitarist ever. Thanks for posting stay safe brother 🙏🏽
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Janie his step sister is in charge of his estate unfortunately. And fans started raising hell because of a promised memorial and they were forced to move it along I believe. She has no right running it in my opinion. But you've done an amazing job for this legend, thank you Scott💜
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What a beautiful and gracious thing you did Scott to remember Jimi Hendrix Mom. ... I'm hoping that maybe it was a minor oversight or if a petition can be taken to have his mother laid to rest by her son the way it was intended to be. It's moments like this Scott that make you my absolute favorite and I thank you for your kind heart your true spirit and your sharing manner that brings our memories to the forefront once again! ... Thank you 🌹❤️🌹
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Thxu once again for sharing... His mother should be there beside him.. she loved him first... I dont know or care to know what is in the heart of his sister, but doin the right thing should be there above anything else... Mr Hendrix thxu for the music... if there is a Heaven, I hope ur mother was able to wrapped her arms around u, once again..
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His death was covered in "Autopsy: the last hours of.." On Reelz channel. They have covered a lot of the ones you have on your channel, but they don't pay tribute the way you do, visit the graves and pay their respects . I'm glad you do, it completes the story and introduces a whole new generation to true talent. Conspiracy? I doubt it. Perhaps it gives comfort to those that can't wrap their minds around losing a great talent at such a young age.
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He is one of the greats in music. Jimi, you had skills to be an icon.
