Jimi Hendrix played the blues like few others at the time.
Jimi influenced by his love for American rock and roll and electric blues played with a passion that excited the listener and his fluid use of controlled feedback and distortion created a wall of sound that demanded attention.
Jimi Hendrix along with Noel Redding on bass guitar and Mitch Mitchell on drums recording of  Billy Robert's Hey Joe as The Jimi Hendrix Experience.