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Jonny Allen Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942. When Jimi was 1 year old, his dad changed his name to James Marshal Hendrix. Jimi’s mother died when he got interested in guitars or about the age of 15. He got his first electric guitar when he was 12. When Jimi was 16, he got kicked out of school for holding a white girls hand. At the age of 17 he joined the army for 14 months as a paratrooper. Later, Jimi was a back-up guitarist for Little Richard, Wilson Pickett, King Curtis, Ike and Tina Turner, and the Isley Br