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Hendrix, Leon, 1948-
Subjects
Hendrix, Jimi.
Hendrix, Leon, 1948-
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Rock musicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
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Hendrix, Leon, 1948-
Hendrix, Jimi.
Hendrix, Leon, 1948-
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Rock musicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
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Jimi
Hendrix
: a
brother
's
story
/ Leon
Hendrix
with Adam Mitchell.
by
Hendrix
, Leon, 1948-
Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.
Call #:
781.66092 H498h
Subjects
Hendrix
,
Jimi
.
Hendrix
, Leon, 1948-
Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
Rock musicians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780312668815
0312668813
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
viii, 276 pages, [8] p. of plates : ill., photo. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Rainer Vista projects -- Vagabond gypsy boys -- Foster care -- Finding the music -- Joining bands -- From the rocking kings to the army -- Life without Buster -- Seattle street hustling -- September 6, 1968 -- California dreaming -- Still dreaming -- In and out of the army -- The darkest days -- Freedom and the aftermath -- Rock and roll swindle -- Losing Dad.
Summary:
"More than forty years after his death,
Jimi
Hendrix
, recently named the greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone magazine, continues to inspire fans. Many have written about
Hendrix
's life and music, but this book provides a revealing and unprecedented look at this visionary icon: an intimate biography written by
Jimi
's younger
brother
, Leon. Leon
Hendrix
takes us back to the days before
Jimi
's amazing rise to fame, beginning with their tough childhood in Seattle, when their fascination with science fiction and UFOs helped them escape a difficult family life. (
Jimi
insisted his family call him 'Buster,' after Flash Gordon actor Buster Crabbe.) The author reveals
Jimi
's early fascination with sound, from his experiments with plucking wires attached to bedposts to the time when he got in trouble for taking apart the family radio ('I was looking for the music,' he explained) to
Jimi
's purchasing his first guitar, a Sears, Roebuck and Co. acoustic, from a neighbor. Leon recounts
Jimi
's early days performing on the 'Chitlin' Circuit,' when
Jimi
would call from the road to play early versions of tracks for the classic album Are You Experienced, and illuminates the biographical roots of
Jimi
's most well-known songs. The book also tells about the heady days of sex and drugs that came with
Jimi
's skyrocketing fame and how Leon felt
Jimi
's management isolated him from the rest of the family. The author speaks of his own heartbreak, learning of his
brother
's sudden death while incarcerated in Washington State's Monroe Reformatory. Commemorating what would have been
Jimi
's seventieth birthday, Leon
Hendrix
's poignant and captivating account sheds new light on a music legend."--Dustjacket.
Genre:
Biographies.
Other authors:
Mitchell, Adam D., 1975-
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Adult Biography
781.66092 H498h
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