Room Full of Mirrors, Charles R. Cross
Room Full of Mirrors, Charles R. Cross
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Room Full of Mirrors
A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

Author: Charles R. Cross

Narrator: Lloyd James

Unabridged: 13 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

For many, the name Jimi Hendrix conjures up a larger-than-life image of the man who set fire to guitars, women’s hearts, and the status quo. In this groundbreaking account, music journalist Charles R. Cross takes a far deeper look. Beyond Hendrix’s legendary onstage and offstage magnetism and his excessive lifestyle was a man who struggled to accept his role as an idol and privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had.Based on more than three hundred interviews and never-before-seen private documents, this book recounts the entire arc of Hendrix’s life, from his troubled childhood and struggle with racial prejudice to his rapid ascent in swinging London to headlining Woodstock in 1969, with his death a year later. As colorful and large as the decade of the sixties, this biography gives the real Hendrix the immortality he deserves.

About Charles R. Cross

Charles R. Cross, author of the bestseller Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain and three previous books, was editor of The Rocket, a Northwest music and entertainment magazine, from 1986–2000. He lives near Seattle, where he writes for numerous newspapers and magazines.

About Lloyd James

Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been a working professional actor in theater, film, television, and voice-overs for more than thirty years. He has narrated over one thousand audiobooks and won numerous Earphones Awards and nominations for the Audie Award and the Voice Arts Award. He holds a BFA degree in acting from Santa Fe University, New Mexico. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brett on October 24, 2024

I'm the one that's gotta die when it's my time for me to die. So let me live my life the way I want to... - "If 6 Was 9", from Axis: Bold As Love. I enjoyed reading this one. It follows Jimi Hendrix's story from growing up in poverty, experiencing child neglect, enlisting in the US Army, to finally b......more

Goodreads review by Jon on September 22, 2023

Jimi Hendrix really did live in the reflection of others: what everyone wanted (or needed) him to be became crushing to his soul even as he became a legend. Fair and balanced look at this little understood icon. So very sad that he was not with us longer - can only imagine the music he still had to......more

Goodreads review by npaw on August 21, 2012

I grew up riding other people’s horses in the vacant lot next to Jimi’s dad’s house. I heard all the neighborhood stories and met all the people at parties who claimed to have seen Jimi play back in the day or who say they went to school with him (it’s amazing how many people say they graduated with......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 27, 2021

As the youngest of seven children, there was music throughout our household. This is what has led to my vast knowledge of all genres of music, and an appreciation for artists and music before my time. Jimi Hendrix was an enigma to many. The author does an excellent job defining why, and the circumst......more

Goodreads review by Adam on October 13, 2015

I'll proudly stick my hand up and admit to being a bit obsessed with Jimi Hendrix. He was just such a amazing spirit. He descended, blew up what everyone thought a guitar could do and then vanished into the mist. In the mean time he did a lot of drugs and lived a life that is almost unfathomable. Thi......more

Quotes

“Highly readable. An excellent portrait, probably unbeatable both for its moving depiction of his youth and thrilling rise to fame and for its myth-busting finality.” Los Angeles Times

“Cross has written what he modestly calls ‘a’ biography, one by which all future biographers of the man will have to set their compasses.” Times (London)

“A more intimate portrait than previous biographies. Funny, poignant, provocative, and sometimes disturbing.” Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“A deep and sensitive look at the complex life of the short-lived father of acid rock…[Narrator Lloyd] James’s intensity and emotion make his reading compelling…A beautiful and unforgettable audio biography.” AudioFile

“One of the best biographies to date…Admirably comprehensive and well referenced, this is the Hendrix biography to acquire if you can acquire only one.” Booklist

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