For those of you who don't know who Jimi Hendrix was, I'll fill you in. He was indefinitely one of the greatest electric guitar players of all time. Why am I doing a report on him? That is easily because his music and playing style have influenced a seemingly unimaginable number of people; both listeners and musicians alike. Although his life was cut short at a young age, there is no doubt in our minds or hearts that he has left his mark on the twentieth century and the music world as one of the most successful and dominant artists to ever walk God's green earth.

Johnny Allen Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 at the King County Hospital (a.k.a. Harborview) in Seattle, Washington at 10:15 a.m. Originally, his name was Johnny Allen Hendrix, but then his father changed it to James Marshall Hendrix because he was...