Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix | 
|  | | | Title: | Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix | | Author: | Steven Roby | | Publisher: | Billboard Books | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 April, 2002 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 082307854X / 9780823078547 | | List Price: | $19.95 | | You Save: | $2.00 | | Amazon Price: | $17.95 | |
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This biography seeks to authenticate the lost sessions, previously unknown recorded collaborations and rare film/video documents of one of the most innovative rock guitarists in music history. The life of Jimi Hendrix is celebrated through interviews with people who knew him well, including his father, Al Hendrix, musicians Carlos Santana and John McLaughlan, his lover and close companion Kathy Etchingham, and many others. The volume offers an analysis of Hendrix's unfinished album, "First Ray of the New Rising Sun". There have been several attempts to "finish" it and the author explains why none of these have succeeded. He also explores Hendrix's journeys into jazz with Miles Davis, John McLaughlan and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. There is a foreword by Noel Redding, Hendrix's bass player from 1966 to 1969.
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• An Essential Jimi Read 02 October, 2002
Ever wonder who jammed with who? This book helps you to find out. This book both a comprehensive list of all recordings of Jimi and his band, as well as an intimate look at the lifestyle of one of America's greatest musicians. I skipped over a lot of the lists and dove into the narratives that told stories of Jimi jamming with Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton (Jimi is supposedly the only guitarist to ever play Clapton off-stage), The Who and many other greats. What I enjoyed most about the book was the details about Jimi learning to play the guitar and his first gigs. Jimi is a musician that stayed true to his roots and his own unique style. I only gave this book 3 stars because, unless you know absolutely nothing about Jimi Hendrix or some of the other musicians in the book, much of what you read you are likely to already know. Redding included many well known anecdotes as filler for his archival list, which is admirably constructed and researched. The only problem is, is that much of what is on the list is unavailable to the public. Still, if you're a Jimi fan, you have to read it. After all, it's a book about Jimi.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3DP2EWMPI3TR8
• For Hendrix Completists 06 June, 2007
Hendrix left behind thousands of reels of tape containing hundreds of hours of music, much of it never made widely available. This book details all that mass of material and exposes just how much more Hendrix exists than his handful of commercial releases. Little, it appears, ever went unrecorded, though the author chronicles those lost items with great regret. Hendrix is now mythological, and this book only increases his legend by whetting the appetite for more 'new' Jimi that will surely come sooner or later, now that the estate of Hendrix is in charge of his music. Had he lived, it seems likely that Hendrix would have entered a jazz period. If he were alive today, who knows what he'd be playing? Most likely, he'd be more like the drug addled Sly Stone than the lifelong creative artist that Miles Davis was until he died. Still, in his brief 27 years, Hendrix changed music, as this book makes clear.
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• Excellent Balance Of Facts And History 19 December, 2006
Admittedly, this book will appeal to the Hendrix-ophile more than the casual reader. However, Roby weaves a good thread of history and minutiae that will capture the interest of the casual Hendrix listener as well. Since the book was published, a lot of the "lost" material has been officially released. However, there is a wealth of video and audio that even the most ardent collectors have not seen or heard. (Experience Hendrix possesses some but not all of this un-bootlegged material and will probably release it in dribs and drabs for the next decade or so, consider this: a large armored truck was used in the 70's to transport all of the hundreds of reels of Hendrix material) Roby does neglect covering the Douglas/Hendrix period with the same level of archivists detail. What about all the sessions set up with Tony Williams, Mother Hen/Dave Holland, the apartment jam w/Miles Davis? There is still much entombed in vaults and will be for decades to come. Roby's book scratches the surface but I think as time passes more and more evidence will confirm the importance of Hendrix to pop music and music in general.
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• Getting To The Heart Of The Matter 08 September, 2003
Steven Roby has written a masterful account of Jimi Hendrix's recorded legacy. Black Gold is an essential resource for the dedicated Hendrix collector, and is also a great read that would interest anyone who loves Jimi's music. It is the difinitive history of one of rock's leading legends, delving deeply into the recordings he made, and into the man himself. By including quotes made by Jimi and his peers, Roby's unique perspective has illuminated aspects of Jimi's musical life that had previously been shrouded in darkness and shadow.Roby presented himself with a nearly impossible task, which required talking to musicians, associates, friends and family about the past, then attempting to separate myth from fact when discrepancies arose. It may not be possible to uncover the whole truth, but Black Gold cuts two or three layers deeper into Hendrix's recordings and claims about it, than any previous account.
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• Excellent For The Music-lover 24 September, 2005
Maybe 'Electric Gypsy' from Glebbeek is the ultimate biography , this however is more into Jimi's MUSICAL legacy.Full of detail and if you pick this up , you won't regret it...
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