Jimi Hendrix

Witness History: Archive 2014 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In early 1967, the American guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, took London by storm. His flamboyant style and new ways of playing the electric guitar enthralled everyone from the Beatles to Eric Clapton. Hendrix's English girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, recalls her relationship with a man who would become a musical legend. This programme was first broadcast in 2013.(Photo: Jimi Hendrix. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)