“I feel guilty when people say I’m the greatest guitarist on the scene. What’s good or bad doesn’t matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling.”   —Jimi Hendrix in 1969
Jimi Hendrix was born 70 years ago today (November 27, 1942). Here he is performing at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. He died just a few months after this photo was taken. Robert Hilburn, then The Times’ music critic, wrote this appreciation after Hendrix’s death.
Photo: Getty Images

“I feel guilty when people say I’m the greatest guitarist on the scene. What’s good or bad doesn’t matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling.”   —Jimi Hendrix in 1969

Jimi Hendrix was born 70 years ago today (November 27, 1942). Here he is performing at the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970. He died just a few months after this photo was taken. Robert Hilburn, then The Times’ music critic, wrote this appreciation after Hendrix’s death.

Photo: Getty Images

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