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Jimi Hendrix Trivia
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- Though Hendrix did indeed play right-handed Fender Stratocasters upside down (with the strings restrung for lefty position), he did own at least one left-handed Stratocaster. Hendrix also owned a left-handed 'Flying V' guitar, which he played periodically.
- Musician Al Kooper received one of Hendrix' black Stratocasters from him as a gift; after de-converting the left-handed setup, Kooper used the guitar years later, to record the Crime Story (1986) (TV) soundtrack.
- Wrote Voodoo Child, which would later be the entrance theme to pro wrestler, Hulk Hogan.
- One of the early electric guitars Hendrix played was the now-discontinued Fender MusicMaster, which Jimi used while backing the Isley Brothers in the early 1960s. Jimi also used the Fender Jazzmaster, an essential instrument for the punk music movement of the late 70s and early 80s.
- Hendrix and Pete Townshend of The Who got into a heated argument over who was going to follow whom at the Moterey Pop Festival. Neither artist wanted to follow the other so John Phillips flipped a coin to decide who was going to go on. Townshend won, so Hendrix had to follow The Who. For the record, both bands had their breakout performances that night.
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