An haife shi a birnin Seattle na Amurka. Jimi Hendrix Yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan gumakan dutsen da nadi da kuma ɗaya daga cikin waɗancan adadi waɗanda suka mutu suna ƙanana kuma waɗanda suka haɓaka tatsuniya a kusa da shi.
Gobe, Talata, Hendrix zai cika shekara 65. Mawakin ya kasance gunki na motsin hippie a Amurka kuma ya ɗauki guitar zuwa ƙafar ƙafa.
Mutuwarsa ta faru a ranar 18 ga Satumba, 1970 yana da shekaru 27. Har yau ba a san hakikanin musabbabin mutuwarsa ba; wasu suna magana akan yawan sha wasu kuma na kashe kansu.