The grail guitar : the search for Jimi Hendrix's "Purple haze" Telecaster / Chris Adams.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]Description: x, 209 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781442246799
- 1442246790
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Main Library | NonFiction | 787.8716 A211 | Available | 33111008390375 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster, Chris Adams takes readers on a fascinating mystery tour to determine whether a Fender Telecaster bought secondhand in a London music store in 1973 was the one used by Jimi Hendrix to record "Purple Haze" in January 1967. The only clues are its left-handed tuners and the salesman's chance remark that the guitar was brought into the shop by a Hendrix roadie. But these are enough to set the author off on this intriguing journey into Hendrix history.
With firsthand details from model Linda Keith, who discovered Hendrix in New York, Adams recounts how the rising star left for London with a white Stratocaster belonging to Keith Richards. The man who made Hendrix's pedals explains how this Strat failed to make the "Purple Haze" recording session and how it was replaced by a borrowed Telecaster. As Adams tracks down the surviving musicians, they shed light on the fate of that Telecaster and gradually the two guitars begin to merge into one. Throughout, Adams weaves his own story as a rock musician and tells how, against the odds, he managed to hold on to this remarkable instrument.
Here is a riveting story of one man seeking the truth about a cultural artifact that changed rock history, a story for rock fans and guitar aficionados, treasure hunters and antique dealers, as well as anyone who likes a detective story.
erge into one. Throughout, Adams weaves his own story as a rock musician and tells how, against the odds, he managed to hold on to this remarkable instrument.
Here is a riveting story of one man seeking the truth about a cultural artifact that changed rock history, a story for rock fans and guitar aficionados, treasure hunters and antique dealers, as well as anyone who likes a detective story.
erge into one. Throughout, Adams weaves his own story as a rock musician and tells how, against the odds, he managed to hold on to this remarkable instrument.
Here is a riveting story of one man seeking the truth about a cultural artifact that changed rock history, a story for rock fans and guitar aficionados, treasure hunters and antique dealers, as well as anyone who likes a detective story.
erge into one. Throughout, Adams weaves his own story as a rock musician and tells how, against the odds, he managed to hold on to this remarkable instrument.
Here is a riveting story of one man seeking the truth about a cultural artifact that changed rock history, a story for rock fans and guitar aficionados, treasure hunters and antique dealers, as well as anyone who likes a detective story.
Includes index.
Sifting fact from fiction. The backup guitar ; "Purple haze" rumors ; Ruby Tuesday ; Enter Svengali ; Jamming ; Experience counts ; A Kentish lad ; The "Purple Haze" session -- Following the Tele trail. Psychedelic makeover ; Travels with the Grail Guitar ; Dreams realized ; Sam ; Isle of Wight connexions ; The Hendrix expert ; Last rays -- Outcomes. A shot of rye ; The crew ; Holy relics ; Tele-photo! ; The examination -- Conclusions. Exit lines ; Return of the Grail Guitar ; Lonely intersections ; Closing arguments -- The man who said no to Jimi.