Jimi Hendrix Book Contest

The first three emails to my box (rbenson30@wi.rr.com) with the words "JIMI HENDRIX BOOK" will win a free copy of this wonderful look at a rock and roll legend.  I have read the book and have to say it is one of the most comprehensive and indepth looks at the humble beginnings to the ride to superstarom.  A great read!  Here's more information:

Becoming Jimi Hendrix

From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius

By Steven Roby and Brad Schreiber

September 18th marked the 40th anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix—the greatest electric guitarist in the history of Rock music. Known worldwide for his unique sound—a combination of feedback, distortion, and other effects that were influenced by Blues, Soul, and R&B—Hendrix toured with acts like Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, the Isley Brothers, and Little Richard. He shot to fame in London in 1966 with his own band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and their hit single “Hey Joe.” But how did James Marshall Hendrix, a poor, high school dropout from a broken home in Seattle, grow to become the rock star known as Jimi Hendrix?

In Becoming Jimi Hendrix, authors Steven Roby and Brad Schreiber explore Hendrix’s formative years—years that have never been examined in-depth before—from his time in New York with his tutor B.B. King, to refusing to work for one of the largest drug kingpins in Harlem, to getting arrested in a civil rights demonstration in Nashville. Featuring information compiled from hundreds of interviews with those who knew him best—many of whom haven’t previously spoken about Hendrix on the record—private letters, court transcripts, FBI files, and personal photos, Roby and Schreiber recount the hardships that helped inspire Hendrix to persevere with his music and become a Rock legend.

With a documentary film due this fall and Valleys of Neptune, a collection of previously unavailable studio recordings, debuting on the Billboard best-selling albums chart at number four this past March, fans still have reason to cheer for Jimi Hendrix—four decades after he has left the stage.

Steven Roby is the author of Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix and he worked for the Hendrix family as editor and publisher of the international Hendrix fanzine, Experience Hendrix. He lives in San Francisco. Brad Schreiber is a journalist, author, and screenplay writer who has won numerous awards and fellowships from such organizations as the Edward Albee Foundation and the National Press Foundation. He lives near Los Angeles.

“Hendrix’s career as a superstar has been well-chronicled; the more interesting details of how he became one are here.” --New York Times

"Most important, the book shows how Greenwich Village was crucial to Hendrix’s 1966 breakthrough." --Rolling Stone

"Assiduously reported...particularly entertaining...Roby and Schreiber seem to have tracked down almost everybody who crossed paths with Hendrix." --Chicago Sun-Times

"Roby and Schreiber provide an insightful account of an artist who perceived his craft differently from any guitarist before or since." --San Francisco Chronicle