Wild Thing
The Short, Spellbinding Life of Jimi Hendrix
Published on 15. September 2020
416 pages
978-1-63149-590-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.More details
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Person
Philip Norman is the best-selling biographer of Eric Clapton, Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney, and Jimi Hendrix. A novelist and a playwright, he lives in London.
Content
- Intro
- Also by Philip Norman
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Epigraph
- Prologue
- 1. 'He was hearing music but didn't have an instrument to bring it to earth'
- 2. 'Jimmy was a hippy before anyone knew what a hippy was'
- 3. 'I still have my guitar and amp and as long as I have that no fool can stop me living
- 4. 'Everything's so-so in this big raggedy city of New York'
- 5. 'I've got just the person for you'
- 6. 'Quite honestly, Chas . . . he's almost too good'
- 7. 'Oh my God, I'm not God any more'
- 8. 'Go out and buy us a tin of lighter fuel'
- 9. 'Not on my network'
- 10. 'From rumor to legend'
- 11. 'He was a life-saver'
- 12. Electric Ladies
- 13. 'I'm going to die before I'm thirty'
- 14. 'Nothing but a Band of Gypsies'
- 15. Miles and Miles
- 16. 'Dad, my love . . .'
- 17. 'Hey, man, lend me your comb'
- 18. 'Just call me helium'
- 19. 'Goodnight Sweet Black Prince'
- 20. 'A tall black guardian angel in a hat'
- 21. ''Scuse me while I kiss the pie'
- Epilogue
- Illustrations Insert
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Credits
- Index
