Exhibition Of JIMI HENDRIX Memorabilia On Display At British University

October 15, 2005

Haroon Siddique of the U.K.'s Wood & Vale is reporting that an exhibition of Jimi Hendrix memorabilia is on display at the University of Westminster's Regent Street building to coincide with the 39th anniversary of his legendary live performance at the old polytechnic.

Kienda Hoji runs the commercial music law course at the university and is an unashamed Hendrix fan.

He said: "Hendrix epitomises what we strive to give our students. He was spontaneous, instinctive with a great sense of fun and I would say no one has ever come close to his advancement of the guitar.

"Whether any musicians today could be influencing people in the future the way Hendrix does now...I can't think of anybody."

The idea for the exhibition came about after guitarist Richard Dickinson had an amp he bought for £65 in 1971 authenticated as Hendrix's first Marshall amp.

Aware of the university's links to Hendrix, Mr. Dickinson contacted Mr. Hoji and the amp, which still bears the marks of Hendrix's wild stage antics, became the centrepiece for the exhibition.

The university's marketing and development department then hunted out other memorabilia including one of Hendrix's effect pedals, his snuffbox and original posters and prints.

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).