Before becoming one of the greatest guitarists in music history, Jimi Hendrix endured a turbulent and painful childhood. When he was just 16 years old, his mother, Lucille, passed away. Rather than allowing his sons to attend her funeral, Al Hendrix—Jimi’s father—took an emotionally distant approach. He forbade the boys from saying their final goodbyes and instead gave them shots of whiskey, stating, “This is how men deal with death.” This traumatic experience had a deep impact on Jimi. It not o