Stone Free
Jimi Hendrix in London, September 1966–June 1967
Jas Obrecht
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 10/2018
Pages: 256
Subject: Music, Biography and Autobiography
| University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78147E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469647074
DESCRIPTION
A compelling portrait of rock's greatest guitarist at the moment of
his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus
exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi
Hendrix's life. As it begins in the fall of 1966, he's an
under-sung, under-accomplished sideman struggling to survive in New
York City. Nine months later, he's the toast of Swinging London, a
fashion icon, and the brightest star to step off the stage at the
Monterey International Pop Festival. This momentum-building,
day-by-day account of this extraordinary transformation offers new
details into Jimi's personality, relationships, songwriting, guitar
innovations, studio sessions, and record releases. It explores the
social changes sweeping the U.K., Hendrix's role in the dawning of
"flower power," and the prejudice he faced while fronting the Jimi
Hendrix Experience. In addition to featuring the voices of Jimi,
his bandmates, and other eyewitnesses, Stone Free draws
extensively from contemporary accounts published in English- and
foreign-language newspapers and music magazines. This celebratory
account is a must-read for Hendrix fans.