VOCABULARY to persuade - nakłaniać, perswadować to visit - odwiedzać to form - tworzyć, utworzyć group - grupa, zespół the following year - następny rok final - końcowy line-up - skład backing group - grupa wspierająca, towarzysząca to change - zmieniać się frequently - często player - tu: muzyk players came and went - muzycy zmieniali się, przychodzi i odchodzili to seem - zdawać się, wydawać to lose - tracić, gubić to struggle - tu: zmagać się, mieć trudności to complete - skończyć legal dispute - spór prawny record company - wytwórnia płyt to be at the height of fame - być u szczytu sławy notoriety - zła sława to die - umrzeć accidental - przypadkowy drugs overdose - przedawkowanie narkotyków to bear - tu: nosić blue plaque - tu: niebieska tabliczka pamiątkowa in his honour - w hołdzie jemu, upamiętniająca go Water Music - Muzyka na wodzie (jeden z utworów Handla)

Lesson 18
Jimi Hendrix

Chandler persuaded him to visit London and helped him to form a group known as the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

The following year was the group's greatest year with three hits - 'Purple Haze', 'Hey Joe' and 'The Wind Cries Mary'.

The final years of Hendrix's life were complicated ones. The line-up of his backing group changed frequently as players came and went. He seemed to lose musical direction and struggled to complete a new album.

Legal disputes with management and record companies hung over his head.

However, he was still at the height of fame and notoriety in September 1970 when he died of an accidental drugs overdose at the house in Brook Street which now bears a blue plaque in his honour.

On the house next door there is also a plaque to a musician but a very different one - George Frederick Handel, the composer of the Water Music.

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