Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'

On the the 40th anniversary of the great guitarist's death, Ed Vulliamy speaks to the people who knew him best and unearths a funny, if driven, superstarOn the morning of 21 September 1966, a Pan Am airliner from New York landed at Heathrow, carrying among its passengers a black American musician from a poor home. Barely known in his own country and a complete stranger to England, he had just flown first class for the first time in his life. His name was James Marshall Hendrix.On 18 September 19...

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