claim: Jimi Hendrix was a person.
evidence: James Marshall `` Jimi '' Hendrix -LRB- born Johnny Allen Hendrix ; November 27 , 1942 -- September 18 , 1970 -RRB- was an American rock guitarist , singer , and songwriter .. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years , he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music , and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century .. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as `` arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music '' .. Rock. Rock music. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Born in Seattle , Washington , Hendrix began playing guitar at the age of 15 .. Seattle. Seattle. In 1961 , he enlisted in the U.S. Army and trained as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division ; he was granted an honorable discharge the following year .. paratrooper. paratrooper. 101st Airborne Division. 101st Airborne Division. Soon afterward , he moved to Clarksville , Tennessee , and began playing gigs on the Chitlin ' Circuit , earning a place in the Isley Brothers ' backing band and later with Little Richard , with whom he continued to work through mid-1965 .. the Isley Brothers. the Isley Brothers. Little Richard. Little Richard. He then played with Curtis Knight and the Squires before moving to England in late 1966 after being discovered by Linda Keith , who in turn interested bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals in becoming his first manager .. Curtis Knight. Curtis Knight. Linda Keith. Linda Keith. Chas Chandler. Chas Chandler. the Animals. the Animals. Within months , Hendrix had earned three UK top ten hits with the Jimi Hendrix Experience  : `` Hey Joe '' , `` Purple Haze '' , and `` The Wind Cries Mary '' .. the Jimi Hendrix Experience. the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hey Joe. Hey Joe. Purple Haze. Purple Haze. The Wind Cries Mary. The Wind Cries Mary. He achieved fame in the U.S. after his performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 , and in 1968 his third and final studio album , Electric Ladyland , reached number one in the U.S. ; it was Hendrix 's most commercially successful release and his first and only number one album .. Monterey Pop Festival. Monterey Pop Festival. Electric Ladyland. Electric Ladyland. The world 's highest-paid performer , he headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969 and the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 before his accidental death from barbiturate-related asphyxia on September 18 , 1970 , at the age of 27 .. Woodstock. Woodstock. Isle of Wight Festival. Isle of Wight Festival 1970. his accidental death. Death of Jimi Hendrix. barbiturate. barbiturate. asphyxia. asphyxia. Hendrix was inspired musically by American rock and roll and electric blues .. blues. blues. rock and roll. rock and roll. electric blues. electric blues. He favored overdriven amplifiers with high volume and gain , and was instrumental in utilizing the previously undesirable sounds caused by guitar amplifier feedback .. overdriven. Distortion ( music ). gain. Gain ( electronics ). guitar amplifier feedback. Guitar feedback. He helped to popularize the use of a wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock , and was the first artist to use stereophonic phasing effects in music recordings .. wah-wah pedal. wah-wah pedal. stereophonic. stereophonic sound. phasing. Phaser ( effect ). Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone commented  : `` Hendrix pioneered the use of the instrument as an electronic sound source .. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Players before him had experimented with feedback and distortion , but Hendrix turned those effects and others into a controlled , fluid vocabulary every bit as personal as the blues with which he began . ''. blues. blues. Hendrix was the recipient of several music awards during his lifetime and posthumously .. In 1967 , readers of Melody Maker voted him the Pop Musician of the Year , and in 1968 , Rolling Stone declared him the Performer of the Year .. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Melody Maker. Melody Maker. Disc and Music Echo honored him with the World Top Musician of 1969 and in 1970 , Guitar Player named him the Rock Guitarist of the Year .. Rock. Rock music. Disc and Music Echo. Disc ( magazine ). The Jimi Hendrix Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 .. Rock. Rock music. The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. UK Music Hall of Fame. UK Music Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone ranked the band 's three studio albums , Are You Experienced , Axis  : Bold as Love , and Electric Ladyland , among the 100 greatest albums of all time , and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time .. Electric Ladyland. Electric Ladyland. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. Are You Experienced. Are You Experienced. 100 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time