A psychological profile of Jimi Hendrix -
Jimi Hendrix
Overview Biography
If ever there was a guitar player that redefined this tool for those has never played before or after, it would be Jimi Hendrix. exceptionally creative, powerful and has Jimi licks psychedelic helped him achieve a musical standard that has never been duplicated, and in his four short years as a recording star has established himself as a musical legend without equal. His performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, which established him as a star, and later at Woodstock were some of the most impressive in the history of live music, and history will remember Jimi Hendrix as one of the most influential musicians and even enigmatic mysterious who ever graced the stage.
Jimi Hendrix was born John Allen Hendrix November 29, 1942 to James (Al) Hendrix and Lucille Jeter in Seattle, Washington. Jimmy's father Al, who would be his primary force of the parents for all of Jimi's life, was in the army, when Jimi was born. Fearing that Al would go AWOL to go see his newborn son, the army placed in the fence at the "general principle" where it stayed for over a month until the army has decided to release him.
Back to Seattle Jimi's mother Lucille quickly grew tired of being a single parent and practically abandoned Jimi during his early years of life. Jimi, then known as Johnny, before he lived with Lucille family, but was then put with a woman named Ms. Mura who took Johnny and took care of him.
Al was finally released from the army in 1945, when Jimi was three. Once arrived back in the United States, Al regained custody of Johnny and immediately appointed him James himself. Jimi was originally known as "Buster" by his family, but at the age of 6 everyone began to call the young James "Jimi", which would stick with him for the rest of his short life. Between the ages of 3 and 6 Al Jimi raised with the assistance of Sister Lucille Dolores, and Jimi became very close to her children that were raised in the same house.
When Jimi was 6, his mother returned briefly in Jimi's life when Al and Lucille have attempted a reconciliation. Because there was little work in Seattle at the time, Al joined the Merchant Marine, and while he was away Lucille is back to his old carefree lifestyle, and was expelled housing of Hendrix were residing inappropriate for male visitors. On his return from the Merchant Marine, Al and the family reunited, and Lucille eventually she had another son Leon in 1948, who had Asian features and was clearly not the son of Al Hendrix. Lucille eventually had another son Joey still a different father, and in order Lucille divorced in 1950 because of its lack of stability.
Over the next few years raised Al Jimi and Leon, with the help of his relatives, and Jimi briefly had another mother figure "Edna" into his life, who grew up nearby, but that the he was eventually forced to leave the Hendrix home to make room for other relatives. Lucille popped in and out of Jimi's life during his formative years, and it would make extravagant promises to Jimi that he would not follow through on. On February 2, 1958, after many years of hard drinking and frivolity, Lucille passed away at the age of 32 who deeply saddened Jimi.
In his teens Al Jimi Hendrix bought his first electric guitar that Jimi became so attached to sleeping with it on a daily basis. Jimi was eventually hired by a man named James Thomas, and Jimi then became a member of James Thomas and Tomcats. During this same period of time, Jimi, who had grown disinterested in school, dropped out of Garfield High, and even got in trouble for being in a stolen car. Jimi eventually joined the army during this time, and decided he wanted to be a paratrooper in Eagles screaming like his father before him.
Jimi met Billy Cox, while the army and two of them had much in common, including musical tastes. While the army begin to play a little 'together, and formed a friendship and cooperation that would later be turned back on when Jimi formed the band of Gypsies.
After his stint in the army, Jimi moved to the south, and began playing the "Chitlin" circuit where he used the stage names "Maurice James" and "Jimmie James" and had a some success as a guitarist. Jimi would also play backup on a disk Supremes, and in 1964 he played with the Isley Brothers who were also very popular at the time. It was during this time that he met Jimi Little Richard, which was a bit 'a narcissist, and he felt that Jimi's guitar playing the overshadowed and took the focus off of him, he felt it was a necessary component of the law .
Jimi eventually split with Little Richard and moved to New York where he at first had little success. After spending some time in Harlem, Jimi settled in Greenwich Village, where he formed a new band called Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. unique way of improvising Jimi alienated a number of his fans, while others thought that they were witnessing the birth of a genius. One such person was Chas Chandler, who previously played according to a band called the animals who have known when he saw Jimi had discovered a surprising new talent. Chas Jimi convinced that he would have more success in England than in the United States, and in 1966 Jimi packed up and left the United States to live in London.
While in London Jimi met Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, and all three of them formed the band The Jimi Hendrix Experience and begin tour around England. Jimi dazzled the British public, who were alternately shocked and amazed by Jimi, and he has been described in the English newspapers as "The Wild Man of Borneo", which was a kind of racial slur against property of Jimi. The group has been very successful, and their first album, Are You Experienced produced Hey Joe and Purple Haze songs that were both great successes in the British music charts.
Jimi breakthrough performance came on his return to the United States at the Monterey Pop Festival, where his use of distortion and feedback on the guitar helped him to create an unprecedented sound from the American public. With the crowd already in a frenzy over his performance, Jimi set his guitar on fire at the end of his set, which further excited the crowd and created a buzz on Jimi Hendrix that led him to the top of the music world.
An important ally Jimi did during this time was Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, who introduced Jimi in Monterrey and it was one of the first major Jim fans in the music world. After his performance in Monterrey, Brian introduced to Jimi to a lot of important people in California, culminating with the Jimi Hendrix Experience be signed to tour with the Monkees who were one of the world's best design group right now.
wild style of Jimi and sexually explicit actions on the stage were not suitable for Monkees crowd, and soon loose this tour and The Jimi Hendrix Experience tour started on their own. Over the next two years the band became a huge success, and in addition to Hey Joe and Purple Haze, has produced songs like sand castles, and all of Bob Dylan Along the Watchtower, they were all great results for the band. The band eventually released three successful albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, Electric Ladyland, and that all were huge successes. The band was not without its difficulties, however, as Jimi and Noel Redding had difficulty agreeing on several issues related to the band, and in the summer of 1969 the band broke up, despite the fact that they were at the peak of their commercial success.
Some have speculated that Jimi The Jimi Hendrix Experience broke up, because both his companions were white, and that he was receiving pressure from the Panthers black to make a statement of black solidarity. Though Jimi had an association with the Panthers in 1960, he used the "creative differences standard" approach to explain the dissolution of the band. But in any case it was clear that he was hurt by all the negative press it has received after this incident.
Following the failure of the Jimi Hendrix Experience Jimi began heavily using drugs, and an important turning point came in his life when he was arrested May 3, 1969 at the Toronto airport for possession of heroin and marijuana. Jimi categorically said the drugs were not his, but was rightly upset at the prospect of facing seven years in prison, and I thought a lot about his legacy after his arrest. Jimi was eventually cleared of these charges, but still face a great deal of inner turmoil as a result of this experience.
That summer, Jimi put together a group of musicians to play with him in Woodstock, and his performance was not one that helped cement his legend as one of the performers live really inspired in music history. His Star-Spangled Banner on guitar was a big hit with the fans, and would later become one of the scenes found in the Woodstock film recordings that were produced at the festival. In the same year Jimi would also play at Woodstock answer for England, called The Isle of White Festival, where he also dazzled and astonished his English fans, many of whom had been with him from the beginning.
At the end of his life, Jimi met with his old army buddy Billy Cox, and formed the Band of Gypsies, which would last group of Jimi. This group has had some success, but Jimi was becoming fatigued from years of almost constant, its continued use drugs work, and the anxiety she felt resulting from battles with its management, and earnings of millions who could not explain .
In September of the same year, the group was on tour in Europe, Jimi Hendrix was found dead on the floor of his hotel room because of an overdose of pills that caused him to choke on his own vomit sleep. Jimi's death was very controversial, however, as some claim was ill-treated by paramedics for which he eventually choke on the way to the hospital. Jimi's death was carefully studied and researched, and despite all the pretensions, the coroner's report confirms that Jimi had been dead for some time when finally was found the morning of 18 September.
The legacy of Jimi Hendrix tough, and many still consider it to be the only guitarist who ever lived. His estate has made millions of dollars after his death, most of which was originally hidden by his father from unscrupulous managers of Jimi business. Al Hendrix and his family eventually won back the legacy of Jimi with the help of co-founder of Microsoft Paul Allen, and Allen would finally go to build a museum called Jimi Hendrix Experience Music Project, which is a great tourist attraction in Seattle, Washington.
Analysis
Gender Role Preparation perceived through Gender guidelines and role models
Although his interactions with his father, Jimi learned the values of hard work and perseverance that will guide him throughout the life and career. Although Jimi was sometimes depicted as a wild man spaced-out under the influence of LSD, it was in fact an extremely hard worker who has produced an impressive amount of material in his short career.
The father of Jimi Jimi also instilled the value of perseverance. Through all his fights with his wife Lucille, job difficulties, prejudices, etc., Al Hendrix continued to hold out and raise her boy Jimi, and this lesson was not lost her young son. The value of perseverance in Jimi was so strong that he practiced his guitar so often and so much that eventually became a virtuoso. In the absence of ability to read music and no real training, Jimi still managed to teach himself to play the guitar with his right hand, despite the fact that he was born left-handed. All of these obstacles should have made the very difficult guitar for Jimi to learn, but by watching his father Jimi learned a man never gives up, and he then continued to work tirelessly to learn to play his guitar.
female gender line of Jimi guide was much more complex. Although Jimi loved his mother, disappeared often in his life, and Jimi was well aware of his infidelity to his father. Later in his life of Jimi interactions with women they appeared to be unstable, and his fear of commitment with women may well have arisen from looking at the irresponsible behavior of his mother.
Women distrust Jimi is interesting to consider with regard to one of the women was the closest to Devon Wilson's name. Devon was a former prostitute, hard drug use, and a party girl who had also been romantically linked to Mick Jagger during the end of 1960. Devon has lived with Jimi at his new your apartment, managed many of Jimi's business, and it was also the subject of one of Jimi's songs called Dolly Dagger. As a mother of Jimi Lucille, Devon would often disappear for days at a time and then come back when he was done with his extended binge. The fact that, despite the Jimi access to so many women, she trusted a woman clearly irresponsible as Devon Wilson to get closer to him, suggests that he may have chosen it because his behavior was so similar to her mother growing up.
Interpersonal Style perceived through family atmosphere experience
About the mother of Jimi, she and Al fought often, while Jimi was growing, and the Hendrix family was often full of storm and strife when Lucille was around. Looking at mother and father fight so often seemed to be of interest to their Jimi relationships with women, as has been repeatedly verbally and even physically violent with women during the comparative periods.
Jimi also lived in several different homes and places growing up, and in this capacity has learned not to get too close to people as they can leave at any time. A poignant story Jimi himself linked involved meet his father for the first time at the age of three years and taking the train from Berkeley to Seattle. Jimi recalled how much he wanted to return to the only 'family' he had ever really known, and how strange it was to be taken on a train to a strange man she had never met. This sense of instability has often been reinforced for all of Jimi's life, as a number of people that would be significant in his life for a couple of years and then simply disappear, and this seems to have affected the ability of the trust and Jimi get closer to the people.
Because Jimi was able to achieve a sense of stability, has developed a shy and introverted personality that has caused a great deal of loneliness. Jimi faced painful feelings through artistic expression, and the limited capacity of his talent may have been a reflection of the intensity of his painful feelings.
personal code of perceived behavior through acceptance / rejection of family values
The family values in the Hendrix family involved obedience to authority and a healthy respect for their elders, and even if Jimi had respect for his father, came to distrust authorities in their own lives. There are many different versions of the life of Jimi Hendrix with Al, many of which paint a picture of a very unhappy family life where Al constantly reminded his children of the sacrifices that had to do for his children. In his autobiography Al my son Jimmy (1999) talked about how Jimi used to escape responsibility for his actions by accusing misdeeds on an imaginary friend named "sessy" Jimmy would conjure up when you felt he had let down Al. It certainly should It has been difficult for Al Jimi increase by himself, and given the economic climate in Seattle at the time, there is no doubt that Al must have had to make some big sacrifices for Jimi. Perhaps the creation of Jimi an imaginary friend was a psychological defense against the disappointment of Al, who seemed to be another factor during the unhappy childhood of Jimi.
Another family value that Jimi seemed to reject the family interested views on religion. Although Jimi was lifted from a church going family that believed in the cult, Jimi came to believe that his music was a form of great spiritual expression. Jimi rejected the suffocating versions of Christianity has learned as a young man, and yet he felt the music was the way it was able to connect with the mystical and spiritual side of life.
Music also offered an escape route for Jimi its problems, and it was certainly a good fit for him of an unhappy childhood. Jimi often described as the music itself would compose in his head, and his talent unparalleled in the music may have been the result of this intense desire to escape his emotionally painful knowledge.
perspective on the world perceived through experience of Psychological Birth Order
As the first child born in the Hendrix family and the only begotten son from his father Al, Jimi has developed a sense that was particularly special when he he was a young man. Although the younger brother of Jimi Leon spent a great deal of time with Jimi and his father growing up, he was often sent to another family in difficult times. The fact that Jimi was always the one who stayed with the father must have made you feel like the "chosen" a large part of the time, and seemed to develop a sense that it was something special. This is not an uncommon reaction from a first born child, as they often receive more attention than their brothers do when they are born, as they become literally the center of the universe of their parent.
For Jimi this situation will not be exactly like this, like his first three years have been filled with a large amount of movements that must have confused and frightened him at an age so fragile. The two women who have adopted Jimi in recent years, both of which his "special", though, so we can assume that this was something he felt he was further strengthened when Al finally came and got him after his release from the army.
biographers Jimi (Hendrix 1999) discuss how to Jimi was clear that his younger brother Leon had a different father from him, and even if Al definitely loved and cared for Leon, he must have felt a bit ' resentful of having to increase the child of another man. then Jimi was the "preferred" grow, and developed a sense of their own uniqueness that instilled in him a great confidence in his abilities. This confidence has been particularly important in the early stages of Jimi's career, where the public often did not like and they were not able to understand his unique style of music. Although many artists would become discouraged in this situation, Jimi was convinced of his talent, and much of this decision seems to have its roots in the early childhood experiences of Jimi.
Self Assessment perceived through genetic Possibility
Jimi Hendrix came from a talented family with a long history of performing in front of groups. Jimi's grandmother was an entertainer who has traveled and worked as a singer and performer before his son was born at, and even before this generation music was a strong part of Hendrix tradition. Jimi's father Al Leon and his uncle both showed musical talent at a very young age, and both could play the piano, sing and even dance at a young age, and often gave the increase. Jimi then appeared to have a predisposition for music that has been inherited by the talented family Hendrix.
Jimi developed a stutter at an early age, however, and was not sure as a singer and a dancer as the rest of his family. So when Jimi has found a musical instrument to play, it seems that offset his stutter by practicing a lot with the guitar in an attempt to belong with his family in case music opposite.
Jimi also felt a strong identification with the Cherokee heritage of his family. The scope of Indian blood Jimi was often misrepresented in various biographies that mention the subject. The father of Al Jimi (Hendrix 1999) at the end made it clear that Jimi's great-grandmother was a full-blooded Cherokee, but Jimi did feel a strong identification with this part of his lineage. Al Hendrix explained that when Jimi and the other children were playing games like Cowboys and Indians, when Jimi was a kid, Jimi always wanted to be like the Indian helped him connect with a part of its heritage. Jimi has created a great deal of artwork, such as a child representing the Indians conquered the cavalry, and also discussed later in adulthood as he felt a sense of power that came from his Indian blood.
In considering this idea is fascinating to examine the texts to be one of the biggest hits of Jimi, of Sand- castles
"A Little Indian brave who before he was ten, played war games the woods with his Indian friends, and has built a dream that when he grew up, he would be a fearless warrior Indian chief. Many moons passed and more the dream grew strong, until tomorrow he would sing his first war song,
and fight his first battle, but something went wrong,
surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night "
the lyrics of this song that Jimi wrote for reading, not you can do but wonder what reflects both Jimi dreams and disappointments. In many ways this song showed the lives of Jimi, how, despite having "conquered" the world of music, he was still very anxious about his life situation as a result of his arrest and also the large amount of money He was missing. Just as the little Indian in history, Jimi had been blindsided by the events of his life, and this song seems to reveal the depth of her unhappiness.
Openings for advancement perceived through Environmental Opportunities
An important adaptation Jimi did as a young man covered the first guitar I ever received, that Al Jimi bought for the price of $ 5. Jimi, who was born left-handed, but he has learned to do most things right handed, changed the chords around on this right-handed guitar and instead played southpaw who was an adaptation that would eventually have a direct impact on his musical future genius. Jimi learned that by manipulating the instrument like this could get different sounds out of it, and then as an adult has played his guitars is upside down and backwards, which helped him to carve out its own unique sound that no one else was easily able to replicate. Because Jimi did this adaptation at such a young age and practiced so too, his technique became something that was uniquely his.
Another early experience that shaped the young Jimi Hendrix was seeing an Elvis Presley concert, while he was growing up in Seattle. Jimi was fascinated by the spectacle of Elvis, and much of his first artwork produced flattering images of the King. Though Jimi was a bit 'shy all his life, on stage he really had no inhibitions, and at least part this he learned from watching Elvis as a young man. The impact of seeing Elvis live Jimi seemed to awaken a sense of a person's height could reach through playing music, and this rare opportunity for Jimi was a turning point that helped give birth to her any person as an actor stage.
Social Field perceived through other peculiarities
A barometer of the mental health of a person can be observed by examining their relationships and interest in the welfare of other human beings. Jimi Hendrix, who seemed to have abandonment issues related to her childhood, and who had also been betrayed by some colleagues, it seemed therefore find it difficult to develop a deep sense of social interest. Although Jimi was often contacted for social causes, it seemed to be more comfortable letting his music do his talking for him, and no longer felt comfortable as a lawyer and leaders to promote social change as many of its counterparts 60.
in this capacity it is interesting to consider the ratio of Jimi with the Black Panthers, and the broader issue of racism in Jimi Hendrix's life. Jimi grew up watching his father to experience a great deal of racism related to jobs that are, etc. and this must have struck the young Jimi a lot, as much of his early works of art depicting the struggles for equality and justice. Jimi also experienced racism after his release from the army when he went to play the circuit of "Chitlin" in the southern United States, where there was a clearly different treatment for white and blacks musicians.
Jimi was finally discovered a white man Chas Chandler, and found fame and acceptance with two white musicians who were obviously Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell. Although Jimi found success in the UK with these two men, it was even teased by British newspapers as "the wild man of Borneo" and other racial epitaphs that seemed alternately mock and praise Jimi. Jimi became known for the "white" playing music by some of the blacks national extremist groups in the United States, and many speculate that it was Black Panthers who drove in the late Jimi Hendrix Experience melting to form a band all-black. Although there are very different accounts from Jimi's relationship with the Panthers, it seems clear that Jimi was deeply conflicted on the issue of race.
In terms of social interest, the use of Jimi escape through music is also interesting to examine. The music seemed to be the only thing that let him escape from painful thoughts and feelings, and it was only when he had to stop playing and dealing with other human beings, when it seemed to be unhappy. People definitely have terrible advantage of Jimi throughout his life, as he died with only $ 21 million in his bank account as a result of people thefts million from him in the course of his career. lack of social interest Jimi therefore seemed to be based on real experiences with people around the world, as his home early life and career were filled with the abandonment repeated disappointments, betrayals and those who thought You can count.
Jimi also had a large amount of narcissism, much of which has contributed to the development of his music, which was also a feature of his personality. Many people who had experienced the type of waste Jimi had early in his career he would just come back to play mainstream music, but Jimi truly believed that his music was something special, despite the negative reinforcement he had received from the crowd of New York. A narcissist often believes their way is not only special and unique, but also better than anyone else is doing, and this was demonstrated by the very creation of Jimi of his music.
Although narcissism is often malignant, many people of exceptional talent show high levels of this feature in their relations with others, that was certainly true in the case of Jimi Hendrix. When someone does not agree with or challenge someone who is maliciously narcissistic, their reaction might be the extreme irritation, and Jimi relationships seemed to represent this idea.