Daily Diary of Jimi Hendrix, March 19 - August 7, 1968

Jimi Hendrix penned his first entry in this diary on March 19, 1968, when he recounts a meeting with musician Joni Mitchell in Ottawa, Canada and mentions how struck he was by her “heaven words.” Over the next 12 entries, Hendrix comments on his concert performances, buying new gear, meeting old friends and new, and the changing American social fabric. He wrote his last entry on August 7, the day the Experience sat for a photo shoot with Linda Eastman, who later married Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Hendrix says of Eastman: “She loves me. She is beautiful. She loves me. Tomorrow she will be gone again but she never gets away.” 

Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who gained mainstream prominence in the late 1960s with hits such as “Hey Joe,” “Purple Haze,” “All Along the Watchtower,” and “Fire,” and is now celebrated as one of the most influential electric guitarists of all time.