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Wild Thing: The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix
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ISBN13: 9781665009621
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
Published: Sep 15 2020
Language: English
Hailed for its astounding portrait of Jimi Hendrix, Philip Norman's Wild Thing has become the definitive biography of rock's most outrageous--and tragic--genius.
Today, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is celebrated as the greatest rock guitarist of all time. But before he was setting guitars and the world aflame, James Marshall Hendrix was a shy kid in Seattle, plucking at a broken ukulele. Bringing Hendrix's story to vivid life against the backdrop of midcentury rock, and interweaving new interviews with friends, lovers, bandmates, and his family, Wild Thing vividly reconstructs Hendrix's remarkable career, from playing segregated clubs on the Chitlin' Circuit to achieving stardom in Swinging London.
In this rollicking biography, Norman (Paul McCartney) follows the electric guitar god from hardscrabble Seattle boyhood to enormous fame and his 1970 martyrdom to rock-star excess. ... Norman combines colorful, energetic picaresque [with] lush evocations of Hendrix's sound. ... Norman's entertaining, psychedelically tinged portrait shows why Hendrix made such a deep impression on rock 'n' roll.--Publishers Weekly, starred review
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