{"product_id":"experienced-3","title":"Experienced","description":"\u003cb\u003eON THE ROAD WITH JIMI HENDRIX AND BEYOND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Jimi's genius . . . documented by one of the few men who was there.' Joe Perry, Aerosmith\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A backstage pass to Jimi's talented, tormented life, a life lived large and led at a furious pace. Eric Barrett riffs like one of the master's iconic solos.' Bob Spitz, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Beatles: The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Rolling Stones: The Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Barrett witnessed the highs and lows of Jimi Hendrix at his peak, and offers firsthand insight into a complicated, troubled genius-as well as epic tales about his own encounters with other rock megastars.' Alan Light, former editor-in-chief of Spin and Vibe magazines; author of\u003ci\u003e Don't Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac's Rumours \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJimi Hendrix's road manager and confidant, Eric Barrett, breaks fifty-five years of silence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEric Barrett was there when Hendrix set Woodstock ablaze, when paranoia crackled through Toronto Airport, when his music electrified a sea of 600,000 at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival, and in the quiet hours backstage when he revealed the insecurities behind his genius. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHendrix confided in few people. Barrett was one of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eExperienced\u003c\/i\u003e is Barrett's long-awaited, unflinching memoir: the definitive inside account of Hendrix as friend, bandleader, and phenomenon. It strips away the mythology to reveal the man in all his brilliance and contradiction - volatile, generous, insecure, incandescently creative, and always in pursuit of the next sound.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis final years were tested and defined on British soil. Taking readers into performances that veered between transcendence and chaos, Barrett captures a Hendrix rarely seen, nervous before British crowds and afraid that the country that had once embraced him might be moving on.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile his journey with Hendrix forms the backbone of Barrett's narrative, his later decades on tour with artists including David Bowie, George Michael and Lenny Kravitz add another dimension: a sweeping sense of how Hendrix's short life set the template for rock 'n' roll excess - and survival - through the decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is not just another rock memoir, but a once-in-a-lifetime backstage history of music's most transformative years, told through the prism of Barrett's life inside Hendrix's turbulent orbit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the Jimi Hendrix story from the man who lived it - a revealing portrait of brilliance, pressure and tragic decline.","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57261022871896,"sku":"9781408738498","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781408738498_e1a4d362-f0ea-454e-9b27-b1f77e1bc73a.jpg?v=1781087440","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/experienced-3","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}