As Far Out reported, New York City is naming the part of West Eighth Street where Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios is located "Jimi Hendrix Way." The new sign will be unveiled during a ceremony on Feb. 24, when Hendrix's sister, Janie Hendrix, will speak (along with E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt and NYC council member Harvey Epstein). Both Janie and Van Zandt helped to campaign for the name change, part of an effort to promote musical education by Experience Hendrix LLC and Van Zandt’s non-profit charity, TeachRock.
“Jimi Hendrix didn’t just play guitar — he reimagined what art could be," Van Zandt said. "I want TeachRock to transport students into that same sense of possibility and discovery I felt the first time I saw Jimi perform. His story, lyrics, and sound remind young people that creativity has no limits.”
The history of Electric Lady Studios came to life in a 2025 documentary
In an interview with Guitar World last year, Hendrix's engineer Eddie Kramer opened up about his part in director John McDermott’s documentary, Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision.
“Well, that was Jimi’s thing," Kramer continued. "He loved to jam. He loved to go down to the Generation Club, as a place to hang— and he would always jump on the stage, no matter what was going on. So one day I get the call saying, ‘We’re gonna build a nightclub in the Village.’ And I’m looking at the site, thinking, ‘This is a great space. But what about what Jimi’s been doing for the past year, spending money day after day at the Record Plant, The Hit Factory, wherever?’"
The rest is music history.
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