Jimi Hendrix Family Dispute Escalates Over Name for Music School

 

Around 2000 or so, Al Hendrix (RIP 2002) and his co-author were delighted with a review I wrote of the book My Son Jimi.

The review landed me a job with a major publisher.

I won't get in the middle of the family squabble other than to say I am very impressed with the way that Janie, John and Ed over at Experience Hendrix are handling the catalog.

Visual Radio discovered a rare live tape of Jimi Hendrix with Little Richard's group recorded by a former Medford resident.

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Jimi Hendrix family dispute escalates over use of name for music school

Brother and niece found to have infringed injunction from company run by guitarist’s stepsister, preventing them from using the Hendrix name commercially

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jan/13/jimi-hendrix-family-dispute-escalates-over-use-of-name-for-music-school

  

Jimi Hendrix’s brother and niece have been found in contempt of court, after they violated a ruling that forbids them from using the Hendrix name commercially.

The rights to Hendrix’s music, name and likeness are held by two connected companies, Experience Hendrix and Authentic Hendrix, created by the musician’s father Al Hendrix in 1995. Since his death in 2002, the companies have been run by Al’s adopted daughter Janie Jinka.

The current dispute began in 2017, when the musician’s brother Leon Hendrix was sued for using the Hendrix name on products “which include cannabis, edibles, food, wine, alcohol, ‘medicines,’ and electronic products”. An order was made against him for $402,018; and an injunction was taken out against him preventing him from further use of “the name ‘Jimi Hendrix’, the name ‘Jimi’, the name ‘Hendrix’, in any configuration … or any image, likeness or signature of Jimi Hendrix”.

 

A New York judge has now ruled that Leon, along with his daughter Tina Hendrix, violated that injunction by running the non-profit, fee-free music school Hendrix Music Academy. They must recall any merchandise bearing Hendrix’s name and likeness – T-shirts with Jimi’s face were sold on its website – and rename the school.