Today we revisit this favorite piece from the Jambands.com archives. I wasn't into music that much when I was a kid. My parents had pretty good taste, and I got exposed to a lot of great sounds, like ...

A restored clip of Jimi Hendrix jamming in a London club two days before his death appears in an upcoming documentary. It’s taken from a tape recorded by an audience member at Ronnie Scott’s jazz ...

Jimi Hendrix’s third and final studio album, Electric Ladyland, was released 50 years ago, in October of 1968, roughly two years before his death in 1970. To commemorate that anniversary, Electric ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. John McLaughlin had a ...

During the small hours one night in Spring 1969, John McLaughlin found himself jamming with Jimi Hendrix. But what should have gone down as a peak life moment turned into a “disaster” because the jazz ...

Jimi Hendrix plays a fluid, bluesy guitar solo on an instrumental R&B song called “Station Break,” which he recorded during his 1965 stint with Curtis Knight and the Squires. The song is streaming on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. For true music lovers, music is about being part of a tribe. Whether it's the ...

Jonny Lang hadn’t even been conceived when Jimi Hendrix died. By the time he was learning to play guitar, he’d missed the countercultural icon by more than 20 years. Singer Susan Tedeschi was born ...

If there is one personality that is fairly unique to the jamband culture, it is the taper. These audiophiles spend lots of time and money capturing the ineffable so that those fleeting moments of ...

John McLaughlin had a chance to jam with Jimi Hendrix. It could have resulted in glorious meeting of two supremely talented guitarists. Instead, he says, it was a “disaster.” And it was all because of ...