Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

Cross, Charles R.

ISBN 10: 1401300286 / ISBN 13: 9781401300289

Published by Da Capo, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix
• Publisher: Da Capo
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1401300286
• ISBN 13: 9781401300289
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

It has been decades since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are very much alive in this vivid portrait by a prominent music journalist.

Charles R. Cross recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his incredible rise to celebrity in London's swinging sixties. It is the story of an outrageous life—with legendary tales of sex, drugs, and excess—while it also reveals a man who struggled to accept his role as idol and who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had.

Using never-before-seen documents and private letters, and based on hundreds of interviews with those who knew Hendrix—many of whom had never before agreed to be interviewed—Room Full of Mirrors unlocks the vast mystery of one of music's most enduring legends.

About the Author

Charles R. Cross was editor of The Rocket, the Northwest's highly regarded music and entertainment magazine and the first publication to do a cover story on Nirvana. He is also the author of Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix; Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell; Backstreets: Springsteen, the Man and his Music; Nevermind: The Classic Album; and Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Esquire, and Spy, among many other publications. He lives in Seattle.