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Wild Thing
- The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix
- Narrated by: Ako Mitchell
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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Summary
'Arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music,' says Jimi Hendrix's citation in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. James Marshall Hendrix remains unique as an African American who broke out of the traditional 'Black' genres of blues, r&b and soul to play hard rock to an overwhelmingly white audience, almost single-handedly creating what became known as heavy metal.
With unprecedented access to Jimi's younger brother, Leon, the two most important women in his life and numerous previously untapped sources, bestselling music biographer Philip Norman resurrects the real Jimi from the almost mythical icon who has continued to influence young guitarists. His death in 1970, aged only twenty-seven when his fame was at its height, has long been rock's greatest unsolved mystery. But finally we learn where the responsibility lay for Jimi's lonely, squalid end.
'An engaging memorial to a rock revolutionary whose music, in contrast to many of his revered Sixties peers, retains much of its explosively thrilling voodoo power' The Times
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- 20-08-23
Too much about hangers on, not enough about music!
I was looking forward to this book as I enjoyed Philip Norman’s books on Lennon and McCartney, but this one falls far short of those.
He skips over pretty much all of the musical aspects of Jimi’s life! There’s no real detail about songwriting, recording or anything about the seminal gigs Jimi performed. Most of this is skipped over in favour of groupie gossip, and an overwhelming amount of time given to Jimi’s sexual conquests.
Far too much is made of premonitions of death, and overall there’s a shadow hanging over the story that never really goes away.
The narration is also pretty poor. The narrator almost whispers every single quote and speaks them all in the same hushed voice and accent, regardless of the sex or nationality of the person being quoted.
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