later, hendrix left nashville and went to northern new york city. by january 1964, he moved to harlem where he played at bars and clubs for money. hendrix also won first prize in an amateur guitar contest at the apollo theatre. in 1966, hendrix formed his own band called "jimmy james and the blues flames" one of the members of the band was little ritchard. the members were people that he met around town. one of them was a 15-year-old boy called randy.