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former jimi hendrix boyhood home

from jimi hendrix posted in music by tacopolis

Originally located in the Central District, Al Hendrix bought a home at this location in 1950 with a $10 down payment.

Jimi Hendrix lived at this address from the ages of 10 to 13, when he first discovered music. Leon Hendrix (Jimi's younger brother by five years) remembers Jimi playing the Peter Gunn theme on a ukulele "because you could play it using only one string."

The home was originally moved to the Hi-Land Mobile Manor, a trailer park opposite to the Jimi Hendrix memorial at Greenwood Memorial Park in Renton, but the house was torn down in 2009 because financing couldn't be secured. The contents of the home (wood, bathtub, doors, etc.) have been put into storage for safe-keeping. Pictures of the pre-disassembled home can be seen here.

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jimi hendrix’s birthplace

from jimi hendrix posted in music by tacopolis

Johnny Allen Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 at King County Hospital of Seattle (now called Harborview Medical Center).

Born to James Allen "Al" Hendrix and Lucille Jeter, the elder Hendrix changed his son's name to James Marshall Hendrix when he was three years old to honor his late brother.

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the edgewater hotel

from the beatles, led zeppelin posted in music by crabapple

The Beastie Boys were reading the Led Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods while they were on their first tour. They read about the Zep-"mudshark" incident and decided to stay at the Edgewater.

The Beastie Boys tried to go fishing, but by the mid-80's all of the fish were gone. So they threw all their furniture out their window and into the Puget Sound.

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cactus restaurant

from nirvana posted in music by elvis_crabs

This restaurant was one of the last places Kurt Cobain was seen alive, prior to his death in April of 1994. His former home, where his body was found, is nearby on Lake Washington Blvd.

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cobain’s first house in seattle

from nirvana posted in music by elvis_crabs

This address was Kurt Cobain's first house when he moved to Seattle. The video for "Sliver" was shot here.

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