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Jimi Hendrix spent his childhood bouncing between cheap hotel rooms in the Pacific Northwest before becoming a paratrooper and, eventually, a freelance musician. He'd go on to stun the likes of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones creating one of the most meteoric rises in music.Get the list of the #Frobes250 greatest, historic self-made Americans: https://t.co/7zD0FBHCstPhoto: Evening Standard/Hulton Archive via Getty Images ...