MURFRESSBORO, Tenn. (AP) -- Middle Tennessee State University's Center for Popular Music is hosting an online conversation on the life and legacy of Jimi Hendrix that will be available free to the public on Wednesday.
The conversation features Department of Recording Industry professor Mike Alleyne, author of the 2020 book "The Essential Hendrix: An A-Z Compendium," according to a news release from the school. Also featured is Katie Rainge-Briggs, a doctoral candidate in MTSU's Public History Program and a curatorial resident at the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville.
Hendrix briefly served in the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell, the sprawling Army base on the Kentucky-Tennessee border, before moving to Nashville at the beginning of a career cut short by his early death. A video of the MTSU conversation, called "Jimi Hendrix: A-Z," will be available at http://mtsu.edu/popmusic.