Part one of term paper
Jimi Hendrix was a guitar virtuoso that both frightened and motivated. After his coming out at the 1967 Monterey Pop festival, he was labeled, deservedly, a guitar genesis. His early performances, both live, and recorded material, produced a mile wide shadow that was impossible to escape. His first record, "Are You Experienced?", was so revol ...

Part two of term paper
... movement to get involved, and motivate the Afro-American population into movement and self-respect. He never really became involved politically, but he did disband his original band, "The Experience", because it had a white rhythm section, and created his all black "Band of Gypsies." Politically, this may have seemed necessary, but musically it was a mistake, the Gypsies were never as solid as the Experience. Increasingly, the effects of the music being produced, both by Jimi, and other acts re ...