Black Gold by Steven Roby
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.
Steven Roby is a respected Jimi Hendrix historian-archivist and the author of Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix and Becoming Jimi Hendrix. He was the editor and publisher of Straight Ahead: The International Jimi Hendrix Fanzine (1989-1996) and the editor of the Hendrix family's authorized fanzine, Experience Hendrix. He has also written feature articles and reviews for Guitar World and Goldmine.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780823078547 |
| ISBN 10 | 082307854X |
| Title | Black Gold |
| Author | Steven Roby |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Watson-Guptill Publications |
| Year published | 2002-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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