Hendrix Inducted Into Fender Hall Of Fame
World\'s most famous Strat slinger honoured
Quite why he wasn’t the first name on the list at the first induction is anyone’s guess, but Jimi Hendrix has been inducted into the Fender Hall Of Fame.
The fourth annual bash takes place on 13 August 2010 at the Tempe Center Of The Arts in Tempe, Arizona. The Fender Hall Of Fame celebrates Fender’s founders, artists, leaders, innovators and other historically significant figures key to the company's legacy.
In a statement about this year’s awards, Fender noted that "James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix (1942-1970) is universally hailed as the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. In the annals of rock history - and especially in Fender history - he towers above all others as an artist whose life and work were as phenomenal as the era which he helped to define and personify.
With his Stratocaster guitar slung upside down and his artful and inventive use of distortion, feedback, and other effects, Jimi Hendrix bequeathed to the world an artistic legacy so powerful that he has transcended mere stardom to become a worldwide cultural phenomenon that endures to this day."