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Jimi Hendrix influence continues to shape rock // 20 years after death, guitarist's legend grows
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`Better watch out, baby, here comes your master," Jimi Hendrix
warns the she-devil "Dolly Dagger." Then he launches into one of his
searing guitar solos, as if to demonstrate that his posturing was no
brag, just fact. But Hendrix used his instrument for other things
than taming Dolly. As the tributes of his fellow musicians and the
enduring quality of his work attest, his position as the master of
the electric guitar is more evident now than ever, 20 years after his
death at age 27 on Sept....
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