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Harry Shapiro, Caesar Glebbeek, “Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy”
St. Martin’s Press | 1992 | ISBN: 0312085001 | 753 pages | PDF | 437.52 Mb

Shapiro and Glebbeek, founders and curators of the Hendrix Information Center, have created a magnum opus that is at once both the definitive biography and reference work on guitar genius Hendrix and his band The Jimi Hendrix Experience. In addition to a 500-page biography, this Hendrix cornucopia offers all the bells and whistles of a 100-page discography, with over 200 photographs, mementos and pieces of correspondence, a detailed chronology, and a unique appendix delineating Hendrix’s guitars, equipment, and playing techniques, all of which contain sumptuous notes. Of the Hendrix mystique and deification since his death at age 27 in 1970, the authors write, “it would be a fitting tribute to Jimi’s memory if his substance could begin to predominate over his image.” Shapiro and Glebbeek have made a contribution of inestimable value toward this goal. One of the year’s best popular music biographies and a mandatory purchase for all libraries.

Forget about the photo-filled leaflets produced by McDermott/Kramer and Mitch Mitchell. “Electric Gypsy” is the only “real” Hendrix biography available.

Shapiro avoids the usual trap of obsessing over his subject, and gets down to the business of telling the story of an amazing life. Even more incredibly, Shapiro writes in such matter-of-fact language that Jimi’s life seems real. A far cry from the cosmic freakshow that is Michael Fairchild (see the liner notes to “Blues”).

Yes, Jimi Hendrix was human. “Electric Gypsy” portrays him as a human, not a god. If you want to read about Jimi’s life without the clutter of some massive cosmic conspiracy, start here.