10 interesting things about Jimi Hendrix

1. His mother was a Cherokee Indian
2. One of few lefty guitarists
3. He played guitar upside down because it was right handed. He could not afford another one
4. He was a comepletely self -taught musician who could not read music
5. Was in the U.S Army
6. Left Army with a paratrooping injury
7. He could play guitar with his teeth and also behind his head
8. Rather than smashing guitars after performances he lit them on fire
9. His manager Michael Jeffery had him kidnapped for 2 days by "New York Mobsters" and then "rescued" him to bolster his role as manager
10. Died choking on his own vomit after overdosing on 9 pills of barbiturate vesperax


HENDRIX 'HEY JOE' SOLO WITH HIS TEETH