Classic Rock Issue 308 (December 2022) Jimi Hendrix

Classic Rock Issue 308 (December 2022) Jimi Hendrix Had the world not lost him at the ridiculously young age of 27 in 1970, Jimi Hendrix would have celebrated his 80th birthday this month. We don’t think there’s a rock guitarist… scratch that… a rock musician alive who doesn’t owe some sort of debt to Jimi. Whether in terms of sonics, playing skills or showmanship, we really haven’t seen another of his like. This month, ahead of the release of a brand new book and a live album, we celebrate his songs and his influence, in the company of some of his star admirers, collaborators and contemporaries. That’s not all, though. This issue we also reunite – on paper, at least! – the surviving members of Creedence Clearwater Revival to discuss their glory days and being bigger than The Beatles; we chat to Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger about their return; Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons and more regale us with tales of Kiss’s 1980s; we hang out with Bush, Marcus King… and there’s so much more.FeaturesJimi