“Fate are the cards that you’re dealt at birth but destiny is what you do with those cards,” Billy Cox says in this interview when describing his time with Jimi Hendrix.

In a backstage interview for the Experience Hendrix Tour, Bootsy Collins explains how Jimi Hendrix showed his true self when performing his music:

Bootsy Collins also talks about absorbing Jimi Hendrix rather than analyzing him. Watch this interview clip to hear how Hendrix impacted Bootsy Collins’ life.

Six additional dates have just been added to the front and back ends of the previously announced 2014 Experience Hendrix Tour, presented by Band Fuse: Rock Legends. With just-added shows in Oklahoma, Texas, Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota, this year’s edition of the Experience Hendrix tour includes 25 performance dates over a span of just under four weeks.

Dweezil Zappa’s father, Frank Zappa, and Jimi Hendrix were friends. Listen to Dweezil’s interesting story about his father’s guitar that Jimi Hendrix owned!

Dweezil also explains how Jimi Hendrix influenced him and about his excitement in joining the Experience Hendrix Tour:

In this interview Taj Mahal, who will appear on the Experience Hendrix Tour, talks about his reaction to hearing Jimi Hendrix’s first album.

Also watch David Hidalgo of Los Lobos in this interview where he talks about how Jimi Hendrix still influences his music.

Watch the second part of Robert Randolph’s interview about Jimi Hendrix getting in touch with his blues side.

Part 3 Experience Hendrix Tour: Featuring Robert Randolph

The eighth edition of the celebrated Experience Hendrix Tour is set to launch in March 2014. These special event performances represent an ongoing tribute to the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix. Presented by BandFuse: Rock Legends, the month long tour, brings together a diverse group of musical greats paying homage to the abiding genius of Jimi Hendrix.

Watch this exclusive interview of Robert Randolph sharing with us how he discovered the power of Jimi Hendrix’s music for the first time in 1999.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd talks about his favorite part in joining the Experience Hendrix Tour in this backstage interview below.

Kenny Wayne adds, “I was always inspired by Jimi’s music. One of the things that really influenced me was he didn’t really observe boundaries in music.