A compelling portrait of rock?s greatest guitarist at the moment of his
ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest
and most productive period of Jimi Hendrix?s life. As it begins in the fall of
1966, he?s an under-sung, under-accomplished sideman struggling to survive in
New York City. Nine months later, he?s the toast of Swinging London, a fashion
icon, and the brightest star to step off the stage at the Monterey International
Pop Festival. This momentum-building, day-by-day account of this extraordinary
transformation offers new details into Jimi?s personality, relationships,
songwriting, guitar innovations, studio sessions, and record releases. It
explores the social changes sweeping the U.K., Hendrix?s role in the dawning of
?flower power,? and the prejudice he faced while fronting the Jimi Hendrix
Experience. In addition to featuring the voices of Jimi, his bandmates, and
other eyewitnesses, Stone Free draws extensively from contemporary accounts
published in English- and foreign-language newspapers and music magazines. This
celebratory account is a must-read for Hendrix fans.