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***1/2 of four stars
“When he was just a hotshot guitarist on the chitlin circuit, Jimi Hendrix wasn’t exactly a team. In this study of Hendrix’s early years, the guitarist’s flashy fretwork gets him sacked from gigs with Ike Turner and the Isley Brothers - although Hendrix does manage to stall the sexual advances of Little Richard. There are plenty of other affronts to Hendrix’s dignity, including a guitar rivalry with Curtis Knight of the Squires, who gave Hendrix a spot in his band but would become jealous of his sideman. Most important, the book shows how Greenwich Village was crucial to Hendrix’s 1966, breakthrough: With Harlem unable to hold him, MacDougal Street provides the launching pad for hendrix’s psychedelic genius. You now the rest.”
Colin Fleming
Author Charles Shaar Murray gave Becoming Jimi Hendrix a great review in Classic Rock magazine (U.K.). He wrote: “(t)his unique and fascinating book ends pretty much where most rock fans’ awareness of Jimi Hendrix begins… Becoming Jimi Hendrix is the most thorough account yet seen of the years during which a shy, spacey, chronically untogether young guitarist learned his craft…”
Legendary bassist Chuck Rainey will be on hand at the first book store event for Becoming Jimi Hendrix. The event will take place at Borders Books in Kona, Hawaii at 6 p.m. on Friday, September 3. Mr Rainey played with Hendrix in 1965 and 1966.
