Jimi Hendrix's Remains Moved

Jimi Hendrix's remains have been moved from his plot at Renton, Washington's Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery and they will be relocated to a new memorial. The memorial, nearing completion at the same cemetary, will feature a thirty-foot-high granite dome with columns trimmed in "rainbow" marble and a life-size bronze sculpture of Hendrix.

The remains of Hendrix's father, Al Hendrix, who died last April, and his wife Ayako Hendrix are already located in the memorial and the remains of Hendrix's grandmother, Nora, will be placed there as well. Hendrix's initial burial site -- marked by a simple gravestone reading: Forever in Our Hearts -- has been a tourist attraction since he died in 1970.

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Song Stories

“I'm Yours”

Jason Mraz | 2008

Jason Mraz re-emerged after his disappointing second album with this lead single, a Jack Johnson-esque ditty about giving yourself fully to someone else. The success of the reggae-tinged song (it earned two Grammy nods and a spot on the Billboard singles chart for well over a year) was something the folk-pop singer never predicted when he wrote it in 15 minutes at home. "I played a happy-hippie chord progression that would probably work without 50 different Bob Marley songs," he told Rolling Stone. "I thought, 'It's too novelty. This is a nursery rhyme,'" concluding that "you can never guess what's gonna be a hit."

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