JIMI HENDRIX EXHIBITION TO BE SHOWN AT HIS FORMER HOME

CLOTHING, MEMENTOS AND HANDWRITTEN LYRICS BELONGING TO JIMI HENDRIX ARE GOING ON DISPLAY AT HIS FORMER LONDON HOME TO MARK THE 40th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. THE GUITARIST LIVED DURING THE LATE 1960s IN AN APARTMENT IN THE MAYFAIR AREA OF LONDON. HE DIED IN THE CITY OF 18.SEPTEMBER.1970. COMPOSER GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL LIVED NEXT DOOR IN THE 18th CENTURY, AND HENDRIX'S FORMER HOME IS NOW PART OF THE HANDEL HOUSE MUSEUM. THE MUSEUM IS HOLDING AN EXHIBITION DEVOTED TO HENDRIX'S LONDON YEARS, WHICH OPENS 25,AUGUST AND RUNS TO 7.NOVEMBER. FOR 12 DAYS IN SEPTEMBER VISITORS WILL BE ABLE TO TOUR THE ROOMS WHERE HENDRIX LIVED, WHICH ARE NOT USUALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BROUGHT TO LONDON BY MANAGER CHAS CHANDLER IN SEPTEMBER 1966, HENDRIX QUICKLY ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION AS A SPECTACULAR LIVE PERFORMER. 23 BROOK STREET, WHICH CARRIES AN ENGLISH HERITAGE BLUE PLAQUE IN MEMORY OF HENDRIX (ALONG WITH A BLUE PLAQUE FOR HANDEL), IS THE ONLY HENDRIX SITE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO BE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED. WHEN HE MOVED IN WITH KATHY ETCHINGHAM IN 1968, THE RENT CHARGE WAS £30 PER WEEK. HENDRIX AND ETCHINGHAM ENTERTAINED MANY FRIENDS, MUSICIANS AND CONTEMPORARIES IN THE FLAT. HENDRIX IN BRITAIN WILL EXPLORE THE PARTICULAR CONTRIBUTION HENDRIX MADE TO THE SOUND OF THE ELECTRIC GUITAR, EXAMINING HIS PERSONAL STYLE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY ON STAGE AND IN THE STUDIO. IT WILL FEATURE A CONTEMPORARY MAP OF LONDON SHOWING SIGNIFICANT HENDRIX-RELATED SITES, INCLUDING THE VENUES HE PLAYED. THE MUSEUM WILL ALSO HOST A SERIES OF SPECIAL EVENTS TO ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION.