Was Jimi Hendrix buried with his guitar or was that just a myth?

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This just shows you how widespread this myth is. Remember that Jimi had several guitars and a lot of equipment. Most of the guitars and other equipment were left to Chas Chandler (Jimi's manager) A few of the guitars were left to his family and were not buried with him. There are literally hundreds of claims that someone has the "original" Hendrix strat but they are all fakes. Most of the real "Hendrix" strats have been sold to collectors. For many years the Hendrix estate had to fight to retain any of the rights to his royalties. There is still much arbitration over various aspects of the estate....Show more

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On the Dick Cavet show, Jimi was on for an entire week. When Dick asked him how it felt to be the greatest guitar player alive, he replied "I don't know about that, you'd have to ask Phil Kheage. (SP)? I believe what made him so popular was his intensity and totally out of it over the top style of playing. As a previous poster said, a lot of what is played today has some roots in Hendrix's musical style. When he first became "noticed", he was playing with a band called The Isley Brothers. His style was so eccentric, they decided they could do better without him. He was one of the originals to record a riff, then play it backwards, and then record over it. (Third Stone From The Sun is a good example). That's a few of the reasons he has such a high rating, and among us older guitarist he is definitely one of the benchmarks!...Show more

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