After Jimi Hendrix was discharged from the Army in 1961, he teamed up with a friend he met while he was in the service, Billy Cox. The two moved relocated to Clarksville, Tennessee. The two, had cultivated the musical interests, while they were in the service. They put together a small band, and started playing small gigs at very unknown small venues in and around Tennessee. When Hendrix felt that playing those gigs in Tennessee had run their course, he moved to New York City in 1962 to try his luck there. In 1964, Jimi Hendrix was invited to armature night at the famed Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York. He won that night, and was feeling hopeful. His first huge success’s in the music industry came shortly after his win at the Apollo. He was hired as a guitarist with the band the ‘Isley Brothers’. The first recording that Hendrix did was as an official member of the Isley Brothers, he recorded the album, ‘Testify’ in 1964. He had a falling out with the band, and left soon after the first album he did. He soon found ‘Little Richard’, and started performing and recording with him but not for long.