Jimi

By Curtis Knight,

Book cover of Jimi: An Intimate Biography of Jimi Hendrix

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Cover worn, owner's inscription. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

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I mentioned that David Henderson’s book was the first SERIOUS biography on Jimi Hendrix. It was not to take a dig at this book, which was the first biography written on Jimi Hendrix (1974). It was written by his friend and early musical collaborator, Curtis Knight, who was really the first person to let Jimi spread his wings musically. Jimi was his bandleader and shared the spotlight with Curtis. Since this bio was written so early, you can’t really say that Curtis was trying to cash in on the Hendrix craze that exists now. At that time, there was no…

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