- Genre:music
- Sub-genre:Individual Composer & Musician
- Language:English
- Pages:200
- eBook ISBN:9781543942484
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Overview
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As the iconic status of legendary musician Jimi Hendrix looms
larger with each passing year, there is a continual generation of new listeners
just discovering his work. They may know he is important by how often he is
name-checked by today's top musicians and by the near-constant presence of his
image across all forms of media, but they soon discover there is a complicated
and confusing body of material spread across many titles and record labels. Now
acclaimed author and musician Frank Moriarty brings to life the world of Jimi
Hendrix in Modern
Listener Guide: Jimi Hendrix. By balancing a colorful,
up-to-date and historically accurate portrait of Jimi's life and career
interspersed with insightful commentary on dozens of significant releases that
stand as cornerstones of his creativity, Modern Listener Guide: Jimi Hendrix will
be invaluable to readers just discovering Hendrix, and will also appeal to
those already familiar with Jimi's compelling music and unforgettable life.
“There are some guys who continue to write out of a true passion
for real rock music, and Frank Moriarty is one of this select bunch.”
- Brian
May, founding guitarist, QUEEN
Description
With informed commentary and spirited critical perspective, Frank
Moriarty expertly leads the way through the studio sessions, live concert
recordings, and myriad album and box set releases that comprise the imposing
legacy of one of the world's great guitarists and musical personalities. In the
wake of Jimi Hendrix's brief, mercurial career, books about this legendary
musician tend to offer simple platitudes, casually proclaiming various works to
be Hendrix's masterpieces. But they offer little or no context communicating
why these recordings are masterpieces and through what means Hendrix realized
his musical vision. Accordingly, Modern
Listener Guide: Jimi Hendrix takes on its subject in a way
that has not been successfully accomplished, with insight and analysis given
life by a vibrant approach. The music appears largely in chronological format,
surrounded by events within the life and career of Jimi. This provides a
colorful, up-to-date and historically accurate framework. What was it like to
be on tour in 1968? How is it that the biggest rock star in the world lived a
life of chaotic day-to-day logistics? How did Hendrix's creative instincts
clash with "the way pop music is done?" The answers to these
questions and many more complement the critical reviews of Jimi's music, giving
readers a revealing and complete picture of this musical legend. With over
150,000 words – accented with full color images and illustrations, including
photographs never before published – Modern Listener Guide: Jimi Hendrix is the Hendrix book to
own.
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