Jimi Hendrix – Excuse Me, While I Kiss the Sky
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American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, was born November 27, 1942. Jimi became very famous during his short four-year music career and was described as the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Hendrix was very creative with the guitar and was able to bridge R&B, blues, and jazz to rock & roll. Although he had drug and alcohol addiction problems, the exact details of his death are uncertain. He was however said to have taken 9 sleeping pills the night before he died on September 18, 1970.