This week marked the 55th anniversary of the death of a man whose name often comes up when the greatest guitarists of all time are discussed: Jimi Hendrix.
Just as that initial burst of British brilliance threatened to turn the original rock scene into a club exclusive to the South-East of England (Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, David Gilmour, Peter Green, Peter Frampton, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, Robin Trower, Ritchie Blackmore, Richard Thompson and Danny Kirwan are all from London or the Home Counties), along came Hendrix, setting fire to everything – both literally and metaphorically – and terrifying Clapton.
