James “Jim” Hendrix is an American guitarist and folk musician.
Born in Atkinson,Nebraska,Hendricks began playing guitar and lap steel guitar in his youth and began performing publicly while working as a teacher in Omaha,Nebraska in the early 1960’s.One of his shows was attended by Cass Elliot,who invited Hendricks to join her and Tim Rose in the New York folk group The Big 3.The group was successful playing The Bitter End touring with comedian Bill Cosby and appearing on The Tonight Show.
Hendrix eventually moved to Nashville,Tennessee in the 1970’s and began touring with family and writing contemporary Christian music.Hendricks plays guitar,mandolin,dobro and auto harp and has recorded over 50 albums spanning a variety of styles,mainly Americana,country and contemporary Christian,including several instrumental albums for Benson Records and later Maple Street Music,a label he co-founded in 1996.
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