Jimi Hendrix in the bedroom of his flat at 23 Brook Street, Mayfair, January 1969. Photography by Barrie Wentzell.
Jimi Hendrix arrived in London on September 24, 1966. He brought with him a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar and a small bag of clothes and necessities (including his plastic hair rollers). He had $40 in his pocket. London became his home, off and on, for the next four years. He formed the iconic Jimi Hendrix Experience in London and enjoyed his first real success there.
Hendrix’s last performance was at the Isle of Wight Festival in late August 1970. It was an event that surpassed Woodstock in attendance and included many of the most famous musicians in the world.
Jimi Hendrix died three weeks later, on September 18, 1970 at the Samarkand Hotel in London. He was 27 years old.
