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The Jimi Hendrix Directory
The Hendrix Family
James "Al" Hendrix (b. June 10, 1919, d. April 27, 2002) Jimi's father.
Lucille Jeter (b. October 12, 1925, d. February 2, 1958) Jimi's mother
Leon Hendrix (b. January 13, 1948 - ) Jimi's brother.
Joseph "Joe" Allen Hendrix (b. 1949 - ) Jimi's brother.
Cathy Ira Hendrix (b. September 27, 1950) Jimi's sister. Adopted by the Bunbridge family
Pamela Margurite Hendrix (b. October 27, 1951 -) Jimi's sister. Adopted by the Herod family.
Janie Hendrix-Reynolds. Al Hendrix and Lucille were divorced on December 17, 1951. Al married Aykako "June" Fujita on June 23, 1966. Al Adopted Janie Lisa Fujita shortly after his marriage to June. Janie has worked in retail, owned a hair salon, and now runs the multi-million dollar corporation Experience Hendrix LLC. As a child, she met Jimi when he would stop in Seattle while touring. Sheldon Reynolds (of Earth, Wind and Fire) is now married to Janie Hendrix. Quote: "Our goal is to educate the world about Jimi - Experience Hendrix magazine, April 1997.
Bob Hendrix. Jimi's cousin. He and Jimi visited each other throughout their childhood. Bob worked for Costco as Operations Manager, and manages business operations for Experience Hendrix LLC. Quote: Bob's goal: "to ensure that we continue the legacy of Jimi Hendrix through ensuring that the fans get what they deserve, and that the truth be told in a the way that it actually happened." Experience Hendrix magazine, April 1997.
Troy E. Wright. Janie's ex-husband, former President of Hendrix Records, and former vice president of Experience Hendrix LLC. After their divorced, Troy opened Ascada Bistro in Seattle's Queen Anne district. Apparently, Troy ended up with more gold records than Leon Hendrix did. From the Yelp website, here are few comments: "Those gold records on the wall? They're real. They're Jimi's. Seems the owner, Troy Wright, was once the vice president of Jimi Hendrix's estate. Troy regaled my buddy Roosevelt & me with his best Jimi stories. Troy even showed me how to distinguish real gold records from fakes!"
Experience Hendrix LLC.
EXPERIENCE HENDRIX INTERACTIVE
Official site by the current administrators of the Hendrix legacy
DAGGER RECORDS
Official bootleg recordings
AUTHENTIC HENDRIX
Official online Hendrix merchandise
Jimi's Other Family
Eva Sundqvist - Swedish girlfriend who met Hendrix in January of 1969. She gave birth to James Daniel Sundqvist on 10/5/69. In 1975, a Swedish district court unanimously established James Daniel Sundqvist as the son of Jimi Hendrix, but American courts did recognize this decision. No official website.
Diana Carpenter - had a brief relationship with Hendrix in 1965, and gave birth to Tamika Laurice James-Hendrix. In June of 1970, Hendrix's attorney notified him that he needed to take a blood test to see if he was the father. After Hendrix's death, it has never been proven he was the father.
Musical Associates
Curtis Knight - (b. Curtis McNear, 1945 - 1999) In 1964, Curtis met James Hendrix in New York City and they performed now and then on the East coast of the US as Curtis Knight and The Squires for approximately two years.
Chas Chandler (b December 18, 1938, d. July 17, 1996) - former bass player with the Animals and Jimi's co-manager from September 1966 to May 1968.
Michael Jeffrey - Jimi's co-manager from September 1966 to May 1968. He then became his manager until Hendrix's death in 1970.
Alan Douglas - record producer who worked with Jimi in 1969. In the early 1970s, Alan was in control of all Hendrix productions. He was bought out in 1995. Official website:
Noel Redding (b. December 25, 1945 d. May 11, 2003) - bass player in the Experience from 1966 to June 1969. No official website.
Mitch Mitchell - Drummer - Jimi Hendrix Experience, Gypsy Suns and Rainbows, Band of Gypsys (1966-1970). Myspace website
Billy Cox - Jimi's bass player from June 1969 through September 1970.
Buddy Miles - Jimi's friend and drummer for the Band of Gypsys, 1969-1970. R.I.P.
Juma Sultan - one of the percussionists who played in Hendrix short-lived Gypsy Sun and Rainbows project that culminated with the appearance at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969.
Arthur Lee - (born Arthur Lee Porter - March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was the frontman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles psychedelic band Love. "My Diary" was the first Lee composition that came near to being a hit. It was written for the R&B singer Rosa Lee Brooks, who performed and recorded it. Love's False Start was released in December 1970, and is notable for a track with Hendrix on guitar entitled "The Everlasting First".
Eddie Kramer - studio engineer who worked with Hendrix at London's Olympic Studios, before moving to the US in 1968 where he worked at The Record Plant in New York City. Kramer was instrumental in the creation of Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios. Official website: www.kramerarchives.com
Ed Chalpin - in charge of PPX Records. He used Hendrix as a session player, and as part of Curtis Knight and the Squires' band. He held a contract, signed by Hendrix, giving him exclusive recording rights with Hendrix for three years in exchange for one dollar.
Friends/Lovers
Rosa Lee Brooks - Jimi (aka Maurice James) met Rosa Lee Brooks, an aspiring Los Angeles singer, at the Wilcox Hotel's California Club on New Years Eve 1964. The recorded an Arthur Lee tune called "My Diary" (b/w "Utee) that remains out of print. The two had a brief romantic affair before Hendrix rejoined Little Richard's band. Rosa Lee still lives and performs in Los Angeles.
Kathy Etchingham - Jimi's girlfriend from September 1966 to May 1969. She and others conducted an investigation into his death in the 1990s.
Monika Dannemann - a German girlfriend of Jimi's with whom he spent the last night of his life. She later claimed to be his fiancé. In 1996, she killed herself, only 48 hours after losing a costly court case with Kathy Etchingham.
Devon Wilson - (born: 1940s, Milwaukee, Wisconsin- died: February 1971) Jimi's girlfriend from New York. They met in 1965. She died a mysterious death in February 1971, when she fell from the Chelsea Hotel in New York. Wilson was the subject of a Hendrix song, "Dolly Dagger."
Jimi Hendrix Resource Information
Private James Hendrix's 1961 Military Records (18 pages out of 98)
Hendrix's 1969 mug shot
Download Hendrix's FBI Files: part one part two - (4mb files each).
A collection of 4 legal documents including Hendrix's rap sheet
Unreleased sample of "Mojo Man" by The Ghetto Fighters w/Hendrix on guitar
Curtis Knight's 1971 version of Jimi's "The Story of Life" produced by PPX
The Experience Music Project Museum - The Jimi Hendrix exhibit was de-installed August 2007
I Don't Live Today: The Jimi Hendrix Political Harassment, Kidnap and Murder Experience
Fan Sites & Zines
EYEWITNESS Ben Valkhoff's series of Hendrix in concert books
David Pearcy's amazing Hendrix tribute website
A Spanish Fan's website - complete with
discoraphy, songs, and videos
JIMPRESS Hendrix fanzine in the UK
UNIVIBES Hendrix fanzine in Italy
Voodoo Child - USA Hendrix newsletter. Email Ken Voss: kvoss1@verizon.net
EARLY HENDRIX is the best site for all pre-Experience recordings and information
The Jimi Hendrix Record Guide
EARLY HENDRIX is the best site for all pre-Experience recordings and information
The Jimi Hendrix Record Guide
Richie Roberts and Steven Roby
PHOTOGRAPHER WEBSITES
JORGEN ANGEL
Pictures from K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, 3 September 1970
WAYNE BRINK
Photographs from Clark University 15 March 1968
JIM CULBERSON
Photographs from Houston 18 February 1968
HENRY DILTZ
Photographs from several different dates and locations
KARL FERRIS
Took the US AYE cover shot among other things
ERIC HAYES
Photographs from London 24 February 1969 and more
BILL HENKE
Photographs from Madison 2 May 1970
GARRY HOWARD
Pictures from Shreveport 31 July 1968
EDDIE KRAMER
Pictures taken in the studio
ELLIOT LANDY
Pictures from Fillmore East 1968
W. D. "NATE" NAISMITH
Photographs from Seattle 6 September 1968 & 23 May 1969
GEORGE PERICHAROS
Pictures from Fillmore East 1969
ED PERLSTEIN
Photographs from New York 18 May 1969
JAN PERSSON
Pictures from K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, 3 September 1970
RON POWNALL
Photographs from Chigaco 10 August 1968
SAMIE
Photographs from the Village Gate 11 May 1970
JOE SIA
Photographs from several different dates and locations
BENGT SKOGBERG
Photographs from Karlstad 9 September 1967
DAVID SYGALL
Photographs from several different dates and locations
CHRIS WALTER
Photographs from several different dates and locations
BARON WOLMAN
Photographs from several different dates and locations
PHOTOGRAPHER WEBSITES
JORGEN ANGEL
Pictures from K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, 3 September 1970
WAYNE BRINK
Photographs from Clark University 15 March 1968
JIM CULBERSON
Photographs from Houston 18 February 1968
HENRY DILTZ
Photographs from several different dates and locations
KARL FERRIS
Took the US AYE cover shot among other things
ERIC HAYES
Photographs from London 24 February 1969 and more
BILL HENKE
Photographs from Madison 2 May 1970
GARRY HOWARD
Pictures from Shreveport 31 July 1968
EDDIE KRAMER
Pictures taken in the studio
ELLIOT LANDY
Pictures from Fillmore East 1968
W. D. "NATE" NAISMITH
Photographs from Seattle 6 September 1968 & 23 May 1969
GEORGE PERICHAROS
Pictures from Fillmore East 1969
ED PERLSTEIN
Photographs from New York 18 May 1969
JAN PERSSON
Pictures from K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, 3 September 1970
RON POWNALL
Photographs from Chigaco 10 August 1968
SAMIE
Photographs from the Village Gate 11 May 1970
JOE SIA
Photographs from several different dates and locations
BENGT SKOGBERG
Photographs from Karlstad 9 September 1967
DAVID SYGALL
Photographs from several different dates and locations
CHRIS WALTER
Photographs from several different dates and locations
BARON WOLMAN
Photographs from several different dates and locations