44. Jimi Hendrix

At first glance, this may appear to be a fairly unremarkable photo of Jimi Hendrix, if it was possible to take an unremarkable photo of a man who many consider to be the greatest guitarist who ever drew breath. Dressed for the stage and with a beer in hand, it looks as if he's being led somewhere by the man in front of him, and by the expression on his face they may be in dispute about something as they walk.

What makes this truly haunting, however, is that this is a photo of Hendrix taken on September 6th in Germany at the Love & Peace Festival, where he made his final appearance in concert. Just eleven days later, Hendrix was dead, passing away in his sleep as a lifestyle of hard drugs finally caught up with him. Whether this image captures him making his way to the stage or away from it, he's doing so for the final time.

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