This is a revealing look at the formative and yet often overlooked five-year period in which the legendary guitarist developed into his own playing style on the 'chitlin' circuit" before moving to Greenwich Village. Before he was famous, by 1966, Jimi Hendrix had performed with Little Richard, Ike a[...]
Though many books have chronicled Jimi Hendrix's brilliant but tragically brief musical career, this is the first to use his own words to paint a detailed portrait of the man behind the guitar. With selections carefully chosen by one of the world's leading Jimi Hendrix historians, this work includes[...]