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    Jimi Hendrix: The Intimate Story of a Betrayed Musical Legend
    Jimi Hendrix: The Intimate Story of a Betrayed Musical Legend

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    Author: Sharon Lawrence
    Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
    Category: Book

    List Price: $14.95
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    Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 22 reviews
    Sales Rank: 446143

    Media: Paperback
    Number Of Items: 1
    Pages: 368
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
    Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 1

    ISBN: 006056301X
    Dewey Decimal Number: 787.87166092
    EAN: 9780060563011
    ASIN: 006056301X

    Publication Date: May 1, 2006
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
    Condition: New & Unread Book with Remainder Marked- May Have Slight Handling Wear From Bookstore Shelf- Instock For Immediate Shipping

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    Product Description

    The genius we never understood. . . . The man we never knew. . . . The truth we never heard. . . . The music we never forgot. . . . A revealing portrait of a legend by a close and trusted friend.




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    1 out of 5 stars Amazingly dull   April 17, 2008
     0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    This must be the worst ever biography written about Hendrix.

    The author, a friend of the late great musician, wrote a bore of a book. The flaws of this book, in my opinion:

    1) Hendrix's music: you'll get absolutely nothing about it here. No songwriting process, no anedoctes about how songs were created, no studio trickery andtechniques used or developed. Nothing about his guitars. Nothing.

    2) Even Hendrix's death, a controversial topic, receive such a small treatment (in number of pages and facts and theories);

    3) The last third of the book is almost UNREADABLE. Jimi is long gone and all you'll get in an endless story about the bickering and hatred between Hendrix's clan fighting for the money, with the author bashing and bashing Janie Hendrix.

    This book has no substance at all, except for the writer describing London, Paris, whatever. Even the close moments of friendshipe between the author and Hendrix are layered useless and short of impact, due to the overall clumsiness of the book.

    Highly avoidable.




    5 out of 5 stars Henrdix: The Man   March 15, 2008
     0 out of 2 found this review helpful

    Having met the author, I was interested in reading her book. It turns out, as a long time confidant, the picture that emerges is of Jimi as a fully fleshed person, not just a rock god. Her picture of Jimi brings to life the stage image of this immensely talented and driven young man. Not ignoring the problems with drugs, she presents his life with affection, devoid of hero worship or flamoyant prose. This is easily one of the finest music biographies I have ever read; it lead me back to my Hendrix recordings.


    5 out of 5 stars great read   March 13, 2008
     0 out of 2 found this review helpful

    i love this book, it makes me just wish i was born in jimi's time so i could just hold and comfort him. it reveals his inner most thoughts and the hell he went thru as an artist, pple considered him an oddball, he wasnt excepted as a rock-n-roller by black ppl. and he wasnt really respected as a black man in america until later in his life. his manager was the devil. despite all that, he enjoyed his music, thats all he wanted in life. and yes he partied, but what musicians didnt. i havent even finished reading the book yet, but i couldnt wait to write a review. it just makes me pray that jimi made it to heaven and is at peace. buy the book.


    4 out of 5 stars Highly Credible   January 13, 2008
     1 out of 3 found this review helpful

    I have read several biographies on Jimi and must say I find this one the most credible.
    I caution everyone not to buy into the pre-fab cheese produced by the step sister that Jimi barely knew.
    Ms. Lawrence's books approaches all of the more important aspects of Jimi's short history, and does it in a very professional manner.
    This is an excellent read, start to finish.



    4 out of 5 stars Another Jimi Book   October 3, 2007
     0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    Well I know she doesn't like Janie and a few things she said about Jimi's dad I personally didn't care for, but it's an interesting read.


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