After an early discharge from the Army, Hendrix did essentially nothing except play, starve (he claimed to live on orange rinds and tomato paste at one point), learn from the many masters who took to a driven pupil, and cycle in and out of group after group. "Admired, hired, fired" is the apt phrase the authors use for this period of Hendrix's life; he played rhythm-and-blues covers in Little Richard's band and many others, but his penchant for "wrong" notes and impromptu solos got him the boot even when his unprofessional conduct didn't. Then came the cross-pollination that is always part of artistic evolution.
from David Kirby: The New York Times: Before He Was Experienced
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