Hendrix Talks

A series of four hour-long focus sessions for guitar players and music lovers looking at the different ways that Hendrix revolutionised how the guitar is played.

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Join one of our upcoming Hendrix talks focusing on how Jimi Hendrix used the guitar and changed the way we think about music

Guitarist, and expert of Jimi Hendrix’s sound, Nigel Jones presents this series of interactive talks each with a theme related to an event in Hendrix’s life.

Saturday 27 July 11am-12pm
Giants of Rock

Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page. These 4 giants made the term rock, and all of them played a part in developing what we now call rock music. This walk will look at how they did it and how they were all connected.

Saturday 24 August 11am-12pm
Star Spangled Banner

This summer marks the 50th anniversary of arguably the most famous music festival of all time – Woodstock. To help mark the occasion Nigel Jones will be taking a closer look at the defining moment of Jimi Hendrix’s headline set at Woodstock – his transformation of Star Spangled Banner – and how he used his guitar to create this defining musical moment of the 1960s.

Tickets: £12