Jimi Hendrix James Marshall " Jimi " Hendrix was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, inspired musically by American rock and roll and electrical blues. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century. Rolling Stone ranked the band's three studio albums, Are You Experienced , Axis: Bold as Love , and Electric Lady land , among the 100 greatest albums of all time and they ranked Hendrix as the greatest guitarist and the sixth greatest artist of all time. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes him as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music". Two of his songs namely " Hey Joe ", " Purple Haze" , and a rock ballad "The Wind Cries Mary" had earned ...