Arteconciencias: The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell recount the Woodstock set that changed the world

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November 30, 2022

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Jimi Hendrix at 80

November 27 marked what would have been Jimi Hendrix's 80th birthday.

To celebrate the occasion, we looked deep into our archives to bring splendidly back to life some of the best Hendrix stories – and there've been a lot – we've ever published.

There are plenty of great ones, quite a few of which you can read below, but my personal favorite is our in-depth 2005 interview with Billy Cox and the late Mitch Mitchell, which sees Hendrix's late-period rhythm section recount their memories of working with the guitarist, and their immortal Woodstock performance.

It's a treat to read, a true inside look at what Hendrix – behind all the myths and legends that have grown around him over the decades – was really like, from two people who spent countless hours in the studio and onstage with him. It's not to be missed.

Jackson Maxwell – Associate Editor, guitarworld.com

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"It was a wild scene up there": The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell recount the explosive, and chaotic, Woodstock set that changed the world

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In this classic GW interview, Hendrix's late-period rhythm section reveal the highs and lows of one of rock's most immortal performances, and what it was really like to collaborate with the ultimate guitar hero

The secrets of Jimi Hendrix's guitar setup: Roger Mayer reveals what made the guitar hero's Strat tone sing

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Jimi's right-hand man dishes on what made Hendrix's custom string gauges so important, and why guitar pickups "really don't make much difference" to the sound