Gary Reeder
Hendrix played back up for a lot of black singers
Monday, August 12, 2024, 13:00

in his early years. He played back up for Buddy Miles plus several others like the Wicked Pickett shown in the pic below. Buddy Miles is known to be a yoyo that convinced Hendrix to go back to his roots and do more black music. Hendrix did a couple of albums that pretty much flopped before he got smart and went back to doing his thing. And he was left handed. He said he couldn't find a good guitar for lefties so he switched the strings top to bottom and was actually playing normally but holding the guitar left handed.
Hendrix was very smart music wise, and died way too early. he was among a small group of music folks that died during a small period of time. That included Jim Morrison, Mama Cass and Hendrix. Hendrix and Morrison both died from drug abuse and Mama Cass checked to death on a sandwich. There were a couple more in the music world that died during that time that I can't remember.
Morrison was a sicko. He was arrested several times for being a pervert, on stage waving his wanger at little girls among other things.