Room Full of Mirrors
Posted by at September 6, 2005 12:46 PM
The events of the past two weeks have left many Americans with uneasy feelings about disparities between white and black communities. A new biography shows that poverty and deprivation were a fact of life for one of the most brilliant musicians the Northwest ever produced.
Writer Charles Cross has published a new biography Room Full of Mirrors, that uncovers hard truths about Jimi Hendrix's early years, growing up as a troubled kid in Seattle.
While today's rock stars are sometimes embarrassingly open about the details of their lives, Hendrix wasn't given to self-revelation. Charles Cross told OPB Morning Host April Baer that's what made Hendrix's story a challenge.
Listen to the interview here (MP3)
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Posted by: abed alameddine at June 9, 2006 09:36 AM
I thought this book unraveled the trueth on Jimi Hendrix, that it revealed his soul. Charles R. Cross has done an excellent job on giving Jimi Hendrix the immortality he truely deserves.
(As a God, a Hero, and the only lement of genuis that defies what we call man).
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Posted by: abed alameddine at June 9, 2006 09:44 AM
I thought this book unraveled the trueth on Jimi Hendrix, that it revealed his soul. Charles R. Cross has done an excellent job on giving Jimi Hendrix the immortality he truely deserves.
As his take on life.