Room Full of Mirrors
Charles R. Cross
Published 2005
Room Full of Mirrors is a biography of one of the most influential singer/songwriter, Jimi Hendrix. It begins with Jimi's early childhood and how troubled it was. Still, throughout his youth, Jimi experienced many issues and troubles with family and his own personal self. Ever since he was able to walk Jimi would play air guitar with his mothers broom, until his early teens when he finally got his very own guitar. He played that guitar until his fingers bled, and that wouldn't stop him. He played all night and all day, any chance he got, he would be playing. Some of his friends would say that Jimi would even sleep with his guitar. The one person that had ever told Jimi to stop playing was his dad, Al Hendrix. Al claimed that rock and roll was the Devil's music but that never stopped Jimi. He always knew someone down the street with a guitar or even an amplifier. After high school, Jimi had joined with many garage bands and would play at parties but his playtime would come to a halt as soon as the Vietnam war came around. Jimi was drafted and then playing the guitar became his second ambition. He wanted to be put into the 101st Airborne Division until he decided war wasn't for him. So on account of a "broken ankle" Jimi was allowed to go home. He met up with Micheal Jeffrey who would soon become his manager for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Throughout the years of playing, the Experience would take them all the way from Seattle to Europe, where Jimi ended up living. At one point, Jimi was more commonly known throughout Europe than the U.S. mainly because there was hardly and racial prejudice. Jimi proceeded to right music in Europe and make 18 very amazing and inspiring albums. He continued playing with many famous people including Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and even jammed with the Beatles. Sadly many of Jimi's performance was either played drunk or high on some weird 70's drugs. One of Jimi's most iconic shows was on August 18, 1969 where he played for two uninterrupted hours that also included his most famous piece, The Star Spangled Banner. The crowd was astonished and shocked, but the world would soon join them after the performance that changed the 1960's America forever. His epic Woodstock performance would be a major concert in Jimi's career as a musician. He would go on doing a few more concerts until the night of September 18, 1970 where Jimi overdosed on sleeping pills and barbiturates. Jimi died at the age of 27, a famous age to pass. He joins many others like Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, and Curt Cobain, plus more. His death symbolized one of America's most influential and iconic musicians, but Jimi Hendrix's legend continues to live on today.
Room Full of Mirrors is a biography of one of the most influential singer/songwriter, Jimi Hendrix. It begins with Jimi's early childhood and how troubled it was. Still, throughout his youth, Jimi experienced many issues and troubles with family and his own personal self. Ever since he was able to walk Jimi would play air guitar with his mothers broom, until his early teens when he finally got his very own guitar. He played that guitar until his fingers bled, and that wouldn't stop him. He played all night and all day, any chance he got, he would be playing. Some of his friends would say that Jimi would even sleep with his guitar. The one person that had ever told Jimi to stop playing was his dad, Al Hendrix. Al claimed that rock and roll was the Devil's music but that never stopped Jimi. He always knew someone down the street with a guitar or even an amplifier. After high school, Jimi had joined with many garage bands and would play at parties but his playtime would come to a halt as soon as the Vietnam war came around. Jimi was drafted and then playing the guitar became his second ambition. He wanted to be put into the 101st Airborne Division until he decided war wasn't for him. So on account of a "broken ankle" Jimi was allowed to go home. He met up with Micheal Jeffrey who would soon become his manager for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Throughout the years of playing, the Experience would take them all the way from Seattle to Europe, where Jimi ended up living. At one point, Jimi was more commonly known throughout Europe than the U.S. mainly because there was hardly and racial prejudice. Jimi proceeded to right music in Europe and make 18 very amazing and inspiring albums. He continued playing with many famous people including Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and even jammed with the Beatles. Sadly many of Jimi's performance was either played drunk or high on some weird 70's drugs. One of Jimi's most iconic shows was on August 18, 1969 where he played for two uninterrupted hours that also included his most famous piece, The Star Spangled Banner. The crowd was astonished and shocked, but the world would soon join them after the performance that changed the 1960's America forever. His epic Woodstock performance would be a major concert in Jimi's career as a musician. He would go on doing a few more concerts until the night of September 18, 1970 where Jimi overdosed on sleeping pills and barbiturates. Jimi died at the age of 27, a famous age to pass. He joins many others like Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, and Curt Cobain, plus more. His death symbolized one of America's most influential and iconic musicians, but Jimi Hendrix's legend continues to live on today.
"The day that the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace"
-Jimi Hendrix
(Nov. 27, 1942 - Sep. 18, 1970)
Reviewed by Quinn Nevins
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the thorough and engaging book review. Considering the curse of 27, people should maybe quit playing music when they're 26 and start again when they're 28.
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