Jimi Hendrix

He was often called the Jimi Hendrix of the button accordion.

Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, influential Tejano musician, dies at 71 2010

Say the name Jimi Hendrix and you think: Rock star.

Jimi Hendrix's patchwork coat heads to the Museum of the American Indian 2010

Say the name Jimi Hendrix and you think: Rock star.

Jimi Hendrix's patchwork coat heads to the Museum of the American Indian 2010

Esteban Jordan, the man they called the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion.

NPR Topics: News 2010

Pete Townshend rings up Eric Clapton and says that he thinks that he and Eric better go check out this guy called Jimi Hendrix who'd landed in London about four weeks earlier and already had quite a buzz going.

Binky Philips: Seeing and Not Seeing Jimi Hendrix Binky Philips 2011

Pete Townshend rings up Eric Clapton and says that he thinks that he and Eric better go check out this guy called Jimi Hendrix who'd landed in London about four weeks earlier and already had quite a buzz going.

Binky Philips: Seeing and Not Seeing Jimi Hendrix Binky Philips 2011

Steven Ellison has been called the Jimi Hendrix of his generation.

Flying Lotus and the power of dreams 2010

Mr. Jordan, sometimes called the Jimi Hendrix of the button accordion, added many of the guitarist's electronic devices to the instrument and adapted jazz standards such as "Harlem Nocturne" and "Midnight Sun" and uptown rhythm'n'blues to a genre best known for polkas, waltzes and boleros.

Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, virtuoso accordionist, dies at 71 2010

I would include a few acts that were as well known as Jimi Hendrix or The Who was in 1969, but I am not sure who those acts would be.

Printing: 40 Years On: My Generation and Woodstock 2009

I would include a few acts that were as well known as Jimi Hendrix or The Who was in 1969, but I am not sure who those acts would be.

40 Years On: My Generation and Woodstock 2009