Jimi75
May 28th, 2009, 05:52 AM
...and explain why.
No Tab or learning books mentioned here.
Here are my three books:
1. Wonderland Avenue - by Danny Sugarman
This book is based on the true story of Danny Sugarman, who had from his early teens on a father son like relationship with Jim Morrison. This book fascinates you from the first page on, leads you through Dannys later heavy drug abuse, and his adventurous youth and child years. Very moving! Very emotional.
2. Crosstown Traffic (J. Hendrix) - by Charles Shaar Murray
This book is so different from all the biographies you might have read. Murray set Jimis Music into context with all Blues/Black/Contemporary music. Murray writes short biographies of people like Robert Johnsons, Charlie Christian and points out similarities to Jimi and of course the footsteps these guys left on Jimi's musical path. Murray does not exploit Jimis death and makes it a fancy story, in fact he dedicates only 1 or two pages to this tragic chapter. Reading this book was diving into the world of people like Robert Johnson, it was the missing link to Jimi's music and life.
3. 35 years on the road with Rory Gallagher - by Gerry McAvoy
Gerry McAvoy starts right there where Rory Gallagher was just another Irish Kid playing the guitar and takes us down the road to success. McAvoy writes with passion and he writes detailled, always with true love for his skip, Rory Gallagher. We are on the road most of the time, we get to know all the ups and downs, the slow decline of RG and the very private insights of Gerry McAvoy, who must have been one of the few persons who really knew RG. First I wanted to put BB King's biography in 3rd place, but Gerry McAvoy's book is a little better I think.
No Tab or learning books mentioned here.
Here are my three books:
1. Wonderland Avenue - by Danny Sugarman
This book is based on the true story of Danny Sugarman, who had from his early teens on a father son like relationship with Jim Morrison. This book fascinates you from the first page on, leads you through Dannys later heavy drug abuse, and his adventurous youth and child years. Very moving! Very emotional.
2. Crosstown Traffic (J. Hendrix) - by Charles Shaar Murray
This book is so different from all the biographies you might have read. Murray set Jimis Music into context with all Blues/Black/Contemporary music. Murray writes short biographies of people like Robert Johnsons, Charlie Christian and points out similarities to Jimi and of course the footsteps these guys left on Jimi's musical path. Murray does not exploit Jimis death and makes it a fancy story, in fact he dedicates only 1 or two pages to this tragic chapter. Reading this book was diving into the world of people like Robert Johnson, it was the missing link to Jimi's music and life.
3. 35 years on the road with Rory Gallagher - by Gerry McAvoy
Gerry McAvoy starts right there where Rory Gallagher was just another Irish Kid playing the guitar and takes us down the road to success. McAvoy writes with passion and he writes detailled, always with true love for his skip, Rory Gallagher. We are on the road most of the time, we get to know all the ups and downs, the slow decline of RG and the very private insights of Gerry McAvoy, who must have been one of the few persons who really knew RG. First I wanted to put BB King's biography in 3rd place, but Gerry McAvoy's book is a little better I think.