Talk:Jimi Hendrix

Edit request on 3 March 2013

With regard to the sentence: "His paternal great-grandmother Zenora was a full-blooded Cherokee from Georgia who married an Irishman named Moore. They had a son Robert, who married a black girl named Fanny. In 1883, Robert and Fanny had a daughter whom they named Zenora "Nora" Rose Moore, Hendrix's paternal grandmother."

However, Zenora (the full-blooded Cherokee) would be Jimi's GREAT-GREAT-grandmother, whereas you show GREAT-grandmother. No sources needed, just go backwards from Jimi. 71.188.17.184 (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

• Good catch, thanks and fixed. GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:20, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

First recordings

In the penultimate, poorly written paragraph, there is no connection from Randy Wolfe to Randy California. There were two Randys with Jimi, Palmer and Wolfe. Jimi dubbed Wolfe, California and Palmer another state name which I don't remember. If you can find Palmer's 'state' name, you could rewrite the paragraph and make it clearer.Dcrasno (talk) 20:52, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

"Randy Texas" according to this book. There must be better sources though. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:50, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Fixed. GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 22:50, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 12 March 2013

There is contradicting information:

In November 1962, fellow servicemen Billy Cox walked past the service club and heard Hendrix playing guitar inside. Cox, intrigued by the proficient playing immediately checked-out a bass guitar and the two began to jam.[39] Soon after, Cox and Hendrix began performing at the base clubs on the weekends with other musicians in a loosely organized band called the Casuals.[40] On June 29, 1962, Captain Gilbert Batchman granted Hendrix an honorable discharge on the basis of unsuitability.[41][nb 9]

There is no way he was discharged June 29, 1962, but met Billy Cox in the army in November of 1962. One of these two dates (the latter, I believe) is incorrect. Jessanders1211 (talk) 16:06, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Nice catch. Fixed. GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 21:15, 12 March 2013 (UTC)

Ethnic Heritage

It was proposed that someone change Jimi's ethnic origins from part Mexican, to only indicate Black and Cherokee. First off Mexican, as has been covered in great lengths in other places, is not a race, but rather a nation. Thus it's conceivable that he is a Mexican of African descent or even a Mexican of Cherokee descent, or of Spanish descent... although it's historically relevant to note that most Spanish have Moor (North African) blood in them. Also, it would be easier to prove or disprove his Mexican roots from birth records than it would to verify his Cherokee roots. It's very difficult to prove native American roots. Plus stating Jimi was Cherokee is like saying he was of unknown Native American heritage, since the Cherokee Nation became a conglomerate of various Native American peoples. And while it's no smoking gun, the BBC also reported Jimi's ethnic heritage as Black, Cherokee, and Mexican. In time, I'd imagine that Chinese and Russians, Iranians, et. al., will also join that group of ethnicities who will attempt to claim the master.

First, I see nothing in the article about Mexican heritage; if I missed something, let me know. Second, please give us a reliable source for any changes you propose. Cresix (talk) 01:39, 29 March 2013 (UTC)

Burnt Fenders

The paragraph under the "Guitars" subheading dealing with the Fenders that Hendrix lit on fire needs to be rewritten. Apparently, the provenance of burnt guitars is complex. For instance see these pages from the Michael Heatley book, Jimi Hendrix Gear: [1] and [2]. Evenrød (talk) 23:40, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

Nice catch. Will do! GabeMc ^{(talk|contribs)} 03:14, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Hendrix, Army discharge and homosexuality

This article only briefly mentions Hendrix's army career and discharge. It is linked to two footnotes; one crediting Roby and Schreiber. The other is broken into two refences: the first to page 25 of the R&S book and the other to page 94 of the Charles Cross book.

It makes no mention of the account in the Cross book of citations to his "homosexual tendencies". If you are going to discuss his Army service and his discharge, it is only fitting to detail the circumstances of that discharge. It is not saying that Hendrix was homosexual, only that he faked homosexuality to get a discharge.

Here is a reference to part of the book discussing this:

Roomful of Mirrors on Google Books

If this is not corrected I will edit the article myself. But since someone else seems to be actively caring for this article I will allow them the honors. Rantedia (talk) 15:36, 1 May 2013 (UTC)