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Hendrix/The Black Experience I just bought the new book on Hendrix titled "Midnight Lightning/The Black Experience" by Greg Tate. This book is a must 4 anyone who adores Hendrix, or kind of digs Hendrix, or is curious about Hendrix and black music and society. Greg Tate did an excellent job and is an excellent writer. If ya'll haven't picked this up, please get it and read it. This is a MUST read!
"I don't give a fuck if you boo, just as long as you boo in key." Jimi Hendrix SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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"I don't give a fuck if you boo, just as long as you boo in key."
Jimi Hendrix i love this quote so much! i gotta use it one day fa sho Yesterday is dead...tomorrow hasnt arrived yet....i have just ONE day...
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Yeah, I got that!! I thought it was pretty cool--I always like to read Tate's take on things (I also loved his book,"Flyboy in the Buttermilk") -- But my all time favorite book on Hendrix, especially with regard to black music and society's perceptions --is Charles Shaar Murray's Crosstown Traffic --(and He's white and jewish!-- go figure... ) [This message was edited Mon Jul 12 10:33:35 2004 by paligap] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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paligap said: Yeah, I got that!! I thought it was pretty cool--I always like to read Tate's take on things (I also loved his book,"Flyboy in the Buttermilk") -- But my all time favorite book on Hendrix, especially with regard to black music and society's perceptions --is Charles Shaar Murray's Crosstown Traffic --(and He's white and jewish!-- go figure... )
[This message was edited Mon Jul 12 10:33:35 2004 by paligap] I agree. Charles's book is the best. I also like "Scuse me while I kiss the sky." by David Henderson. That's the first book I got on Jimi. I was 15. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: paligap said: Yeah, I got that!! I thought it was pretty cool--I always like to read Tate's take on things (I also loved his book,"Flyboy in the Buttermilk") -- But my all time favorite book on Hendrix, especially with regard to black music and society's perceptions --is Charles Shaar Murray's Crosstown Traffic --(and He's white and jewish!-- go figure... )
[This message was edited Mon Jul 12 10:33:35 2004 by paligap] I agree. Charles's book is the best. I also like "Scuse me while I kiss the sky." by David Henderson. That's the first book I got on Jimi. I was 15. Yeah, I love that one, too!!  " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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The best book on Jimi I think is "The Final Days of Jimi Hendrix" by Tony Brown. Also, "Electric Gypsy" by Harry Shapiro. SynthiaRose said "I'm in love with blackguitaristz. Especially when he talks about Hendrix."
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blackguitaristz said: The best book on Jimi I think is "The Final Days of Jimi Hendrix" by Tony Brown. Also, "Electric Gypsy" by Harry Shapiro.
I like those, too. what's interesting about all of these books is that they all have a different slant on the Hendrix....well, the Hendrix experience, for lack of a better term... " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Id have to say the best Hendrix book Ive read is "Electric Gypsy" which youve already mentioned. "Jimi Hendrix: The Ultimate Expirience" by Johnny Black is also very detailed.
Eddie Kramer's(Jimi's engineer) "Setting the Record Straight" is a good read as well. The latest books Ive picked up are "Black Gold" by Steven Roby which details all available films and recordings.... ...and "Jimi Hendrix:Musician" by Kieth Shadwick ,a huge coffee-table book with great photos and a fairly detailed history of Jimi's peak years. Just yesterday I picked up a small paperback which is part of the "33 1/3" series ,which dicusses "Electric Ladyland" and Jimi's career in general in detail. "...all you need ...is justa touch...of mojo hand....." | |
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