The real Red House over yonder: Bedroom of Mayfair flat where Jimi Hendrix lived at the height of his fame is opens to the public after £2.4million restoration project
- Handel and Hendrix Trust restored Mayfair home where he lived 1968-1969, a year before he died in London in 1970
- Third-floor bedroom has been restored to look exactly as it did in 1969, based on pictured of the guitar legend inside
- Also includes exhibition of his record collection, guitars, hits, and movements during the two years he lived in London
The bedroom in London where guitar legend Jimi Hendrix stayed in the 60s is to open to the public this week after a £2.4milion restoration project.
Hendrix, widely regarded as one of the best guitarists who ever lived, stayed at 23 Brook Street between 1968 and 1970.
The house, in Mayfair, has now been painstakingly restored to look exactly as it did in 1969, using pictured of him inside and recollections of former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham.
The entire third floor is to open to the public on Wednesday, and it also includes and exhibition chronicling his movements in this two years.
The bedroom of the flat (right) in Mayfair, London. where guitar legend Jimi Hendrix (left) stayed in the 60s is to open to the public this week after a £2.4milion restoration project
Kathy Etchingham, former girlfriend of Jimi Hendrix, poses on the bed of his flat on Brook Street, near Ocford Circus, London
Hendrix's flat (left) is in Mayfair, and is nextdoor to where baroque composer George Frideric Handel lived for 36 years in the mid-1700s
The bedroom on the third floor has undergone a £2.4million restoration to make it look as it did when Hendrix lived there in the late 60s
The adjoining room of his third-floor flat has become a museum, showing rock memorabilia from his glory days on the world stage
The covers of records he kept at the flat are also on display, and include songs from artists including Bob Dylan and Elmore James
The exhibition also tells a story, chronicling Hendrix's life during those two year in which he lived and performed in London
This is the tiny plaque outside 23 Brook Street that tells passers by that this is where Jimi Hendrix lived between 1968 and 1969
It is next to Handel House at 25 Brook Street, where baroque composer George Frideric Handel lived for 36 years during the mid-1700s.
Hendrix started his career in America but shot to fame after recording in London with his band the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
After songs such as All Along The Watchtower and Voodoo Child became instant classics, he suddenly died at the Kensington flat of a German girlfriend, chocking in his sleep after a drug overdose.
Alistair Stranack, chairman of the Handel House Trust, said: 'It is hard to think of another home in the world with such a concentration of musical genius.
Hendrix in his trademark hat sitting in the London flat in 1969, which now looks exactly as it did when he lived there
The Handel and Hendrix trust has recreated even the finest details, from the fruitbowl on the floor to the coal burner at the fireplace
These are the replica record player and amplifier in, along with records from Fifth Dimension and blues legend John Lee Hooker
This bizarre cuddly toy (right) has been recreated, based on one that was found in the flat after his death in 1970
Even the telephones in the room are exactly the same as those seen in photos of Jimi Hendrix in the flat from the late 1960s
Despite being famous fgor his workon the electic axe, Hendrix kept an acoustic guitar in the flat, carpeted throughout with rugs
On display on his bedside table are the lyrics to Voodoo Child (pictures), a Dictaphone, a shell and a box of Benson and Hedges cigarettes, which Hendrix was known for smoking
Hendrix's trademark hat lies on some music publications from the days when he lived in London. Melody Maker was a well-known magazine read by professional and aspiring musicians
Hendrix had red bed sheets and patterned cushions on his bed, with tapestries hung on the wall of the Mayfair flat
Hendrix obviously embraced the London lifestyle, keeping a smoking jacket and even the classic board game Monopoly in the flat
'We hope that the opening of Jimi Hendrix's flat will give people an added insight into the life and work of a figure whose actions have been examined no end since his death in 1970.
'Our research into the building and Hendrix's circle of friends and acquaintances has enabled us to present an image of what life was like in his time at Brook Street.
'While it has been a pleasure to have been working in Jimi's bedroom for the past few years, it is even more pleasing to be able to throw it open to everybody else.'
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