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Hendrix Voted Greatest Guitarist Ever

Rob Quinn — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 01:49:01 CST

Rolling Stone assembled a team of top guitarists and industry experts to vote on the greatest 100 guitarists of all time and few will be surprised to find '60s legend Jimi Hendrix topping the list. Eric Clapton came second and Jimmy Page third, with Keith Richards and Jeff Beck also...

NYC's Storied Chelsea Hotel Closes Doors

Tim Karan — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 16:33:36 CDT

It looks as though rock and roll could lose one of its most storied landmarks. The Chelsea Hotel in New York City will be closed to guests for an indefinite period of time, reports the New York Times . A developer is set to spend $80 million on the dingy throwback...

LSD King Owsley Stanley Dead at 76

Rob Quinn — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:43:00 CDT

Owsley Stanley, LSD cook, sound engineer, sculptor, and one of the most influential figures in '60s counterculture, has been killed in a car accident in Australia at the age of 76. Nicknamed "Bear," Stanley manufactured millions of doses of high quality "Owsley Acid" at his San Francisco lab, helping kick...

Jimi Hendrix Flat Opened to Public

Rob Quinn — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:12:20 CDT

The London flat Jimi Hendrix called home for the last year of his life is being opened to the public next month for the first time since the rock legend's death 40 years ago. A museum next door devoted to George Handel—who would have been Hendrix's neighbor if he'd...

11 Surprising One-Hit Wonders

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 09 May 2010 08:42:43 CDT

You would never guess, but Jimi Hendrix was technically a one-hit wonder. Yep, the definition of the term is “an artist or band who only has one song make the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart,” regardless of album sales or performance on other charts, writes Sam...

Rock Photog Jim Marshall Dies at 74

Will McCahill — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:15:00 CDT

Jim Marshall, whose iconic photography captured many of the stars of rock and roll’s 1960s heyday, died in his sleep last night at 74, Rolling Stone reports; cause of death is still unknown. Marshall shot everyone from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis to the Beatles, Janis Joplin to...

New Hendrix Disc the Real Deal

Kevin Spak — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:32:00 CST

At long last, the rights to Jimi Hendrix’s music have been settled, and tomorrow we’re getting our first blast of never-before-heard psychedelic rock with Valleys of Neptune . Does it satisfy? The critics weigh in: Most posthumous Hendrix releases have been “exploitive scraps,” writes Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune . “But...

Highest Earning Dead Celebs

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:19:23 CDT

The stars on Forbes ' annual list of the top-earning dead celebrities number, appropriately, 13. To make the list, a "deleb" must have brought in at least $6 million in the past year. This year's list is notably missing former mainstays Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and Steve McQueen, and puts...

Got $40K? Own Madonna's Naughty Messages

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:14:09 CDT

One way to make a quick buck: Sell erotic phone messages Madonna left on your answering machine. That’s what former bodyguard-turned-boyfriend Jim Albright is doing, the New York Daily News reports, and the 17 minutes of recordings are expected to fetch $40,000. Also up for grabs: A 15-minute “very...