Ultimate Hendrix: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Live Concerts & Sessions (Book) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm kind of mixed about how to review this book. It is very insightful to the musician and hard core Hendrix fan on what it took, and what it still takes to be successful in music. It can be summed up in this fact; It takes COMPLETE dedication. This book shows this; that Jimi Hendrix was completley dedicated to the craft of playiing guitar. It would be impossible to chroncicle all the time he practiced and jammed but this book chronicles as accurately as possible all of his performances and recording sessions(which was almost every day when he wasn't touring) and alot of his jam sessions. The detail is absolutely fantastic, you can't help but be impressed with the amazing amount of research that went into this chronological record of Hendrix' musical activites. As a musician and Hendrix fan I was fascintated by this book and couldn't put it down. Of course the story's sad ending was clearly portrayed, and even seemed more tragic when you read of the progress Hendrix was making on his next record and the promising futre he had with the realization of his dream of Electric Ladyland Studios. Just as a side note I hope even people today can learn the lesson that the lifestyle of moral lack of restraint and a godless lifestyle (to lack of a better way to put it) can only end badly... Ok that's my plug for God for now..
I do wonder if one was just a casual Hendrix fan or not aspiring, recording musician as I am would find any relevance or interest in this book. So to summarize, I'd say that this book is exremely well researched and well written, but it would have a very limited appeal, probably interesting to musicians and/or hard core Hendrix fans only.

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Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix packed so much into so few years, leaping forward musically with each innovation. Hendrix expert John McDermott chronicles each of Jimi's revolutionary recording sessions, enlisting the help of Hendrix's friend and bandmate Billy Cox and sound engineer and photographer Eddie Kramer. This beautifully designed, illustrated volume will also include vivid new descriptions of every single live Hendrix concert from 1963 to 1970.

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