Wild thing : the short, spellbinding life of Jimi Hendrix /

"Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, the best-selling author of Shout! delivers a compelling new biography of the legendary guitarist. Celebrated as the most innovative guitarist ever to play, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is renowned for symphonic solos and virtuosi...

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Main Author: Norman, Philip, 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2020]
Edition:First edition.
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300 |a 391 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :  |b illustrations (some color) ;  |c 25 cm 
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505 0 |a Prologue -- 'He was hearing music but didn't have an instrument to bring it to earth' -- 'Jimmy was a hippy before anyone knew what a hippy was' -- 'I still have my guitar and amp and as long as I have that no fool can stop me living' -- 'Everything's so-so in this big raggedy city of New York' -- 'I've got just the person for you' -- 'Quite honestly, Chas...he's almost too good' -- 'Oh my god, I'm not god any more' -- 'Go out and buy us a tin of lighter fuel' -- 'Not on my network' -- 'From rumor to legend' -- 'He was a life-saver' -- Electric ladies -- 'I'm going to die before I'm thirty' -- 'Nothing but a band of gypsies' -- Miles and miles -- 'Dad, my love...' -- 'Hey man, lend me your comb' -- 'Just call me helium' -- Goodnight sweet black prince' -- 'A tall black guardian angel in a hat' -- ''Scuse me while I kiss the pie' -- Epilogue. 
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