The 27 club is a “real phenomenon” that makes the deaths of celebrities more famous, a study has found. When rock stars Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and the Jim Morrison died ...

It was also around this time May caught a show by another newcomer on the London scene who would prove influential to him: Jimi Hendrix. “I thought after seeing [Clapton and Beck], I'd seen it all.

“Top of the bill was Jimi Hendrix and everybody essentially played through the same gear. So I plugged into a Marshall stack with my guitar and treble booster.

— Brian May It was also around this time May caught a show by another newcomer on the London scene who would prove influential to him: Jimi Hendrix.

“You had Clapton and Beck, but Jimi blew everybody’s socks off!”: Foreigner's Mick Jones remembers Hendrix Story by Paul Elliott • 1w ...

The four musicians involved in the 'statistically improbable' event include Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, who all died aged 27 between 1969 and 1971.

— Brian May Pete Townshend has attested to that. The Who guitarist told Guitar Player how Hendrix’s arrival in London in 1966 devastated his confidence as a guitarist.

I’d watch Jimi every night from the side of the stage, and I was amazed. You had Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and all these great guitar players, but Jimi blew everybody’s socks off!” ...