Episode Info:

For an artist that defied categorization as brazenly as he did in his short time on this planet, it's pretty awesome that Jimi Hendrix continues to be one the key cultural touchstones for many of the great tenets of Rock'n'Roll. The look, the creativity, the originality, the showmanship and, sweet mercy, the effortless plucking of otherworldly sounds from the haze both re-invented rock guitar and simultaneously terrified his megastar peers. We go through his humble beginnings and the making of his debut album before moving over, Rover, and letting Jimi take over as we go track by track through the record and cover what happened next. Right on.