The statue depicts Hendrix playing a Stratocaster. Visit Seattle, a private nonprofit marketing organization, includes the sculpture in its list of African American Heritage Sites. The sculpture is part of a collection of statues on Capitol Hill including
Chuck Berry,
Buddy Holly, and
Elvis Presley. The guitars featured with the statues were part of an "alternative corporate art collection" formed by Michael J. Malone, founder of
AEI Music Corporation (now known as DMX) and Hunters Capital. The statues are currently all owned and maintained by Hunters Capital. The work was vandalized with
graffiti on September 18, 2013, the 43rd anniversary of
Hendrix's death. ==References==