He was a friend to hendrix and produced many of is posthumous releases. And while books on the master continue to pour forth, they feel increasingly specialized. Jimi s life has been featured in numerous biographies over the years, but very little has been properly. Honorable mention to their follow up book, sessions which is the jimi hendrix equivalent to mark lewisohns the beatles recording sessions. Published august 8th 2006 by hachette books first published january 1st 2005. Jimi hendrix books list of books by author jimi hendrix.
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