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14/01/2014 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Jimi Hendrix

The guitarist's girlfriend on his electrifying performances and their life off-stage

The legendary guitarist's girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, recalls his electrifying performances and his secret love of board games.

In early 1967, the American guitarist, Jimi Hendrix, took London by storm.  His flamboyant style and new ways of playing the electric guitar enthralled everyone from the Beatles to Eric Clapton.  Hendrix's English girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, recalls her relationship with a man who would become a musical legend. This programme was first broadcast in 2013.

(Photo: Jimi Hendrix. Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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