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Title: Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight by Eddie John/Kramer McDermott ISBN: 0-446-39431-9 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Jimi Hendrix: Setting the Record Straight
Comment: This biography was written to, as the title states , set the record straight. After Jimi Hendrix's 6-year career wasw cut short by a drug overdose he was viewed as an anti-establishment, sex and drug addict. However, no one ever focused on his serious vision and path of his music. He started his career as a backup musician for such artists as Curtis Knight and the Squires, the Iskey Brothers, and Little Richard. After that he was signed by Chas Chandler ( formally of the Animals0 signed him and moved to England. There the Experience began. The book shows that Jimi spent hours and hours in the studio to get a song right and kept to himself alot. Totally unlike his stage personallity. I would recommend this book to any music lover. The other musicians' insight into Hendrix's talent and personality makes the book especially interesting. It provides an interestingperspective into the most unique period in music History
Rating: 5
Summary: best of all hendrix books
Comment: This is the first and only hendrix book that is the most factual, it describes the actual life and times and troubles of jimi. The research give a reader a closer look inside the music and the complex side of his life. Paul Mc Cartney was right ,this book is Hendrix
Rating: 4
Summary: An interesting and engaging read
Comment: This is a pretty interesting book about a very interesting virtuso musician. There a lot of good information provided in a somewhat dry and detached delivery that somehow remains engaging somewhat like a Wall Street journal article.
My only issue with the book, the absolutely horrid photo on the cover aside, is the business orientation of the book which leaves questions about other issues, all of which interelate to each other.
As one example, the issue of drug use is treated in a very shallow fashion. While I am not looking for sensationalism, it seems clear that but for his drug use Hendrix would never have gotten behind the contractual eight ball so far - which the book implies the monetary impact of which had some effect on his eventual death.
On the other hand, I have learned quite a bit about Hendrix, his business deals, and perhaps most importantly, about his music. I was never aware of some his side projects including the Gypsys Suns & Rainbows or his all too brief session work with John McLauglin. There are also some interesting photos included in the book.
Cover photo aside, this book is probably the best $ I've spent in a long time.
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Title: Jimi Hendrix: The Ultimate Experience by Johnny Black ISBN: 1560252405 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 20 October, 1999 |
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Title: Jimi Hendrix : Electric Gypsy by Harry Shapiro, Caesar Glebbeek ISBN: 0312130627 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix by Steven Roby, Noel Redding ISBN: 082307854X Publisher: Watson-Guptill Pubns Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: My Son Jimi by James A. Hendrix ISBN: 0966785711 Publisher: Al Jas Enterprises L P Pub. Date: June, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Are You Experienced?: The Inside Story of the Jimi Hendrix Experience by Noel Redding, Carol Appleby ISBN: 0306806819 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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