A gold-brocade vest at the Smithsonian evokes the innovative musician’s enduring legacy image: https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/saWdaIMavmmu1C4mejl1135peqk=/800×600/filters:no_upscale()/https://public-media.smithsonianmag.com/filer/0b/6d/0b6d821e-5726-47fa-86bc-0eba6adc4ac9/nmaahc-2014_97_2_001-edit.jpgJimi Hendrix was “a central figure in the history of African-American music,” says Kevin Strait, a historian and curator at the National Museum of African American History … Continue reading →

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