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Tables of Contents for The Jimi Hendrix Companion
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
xiii
Introduction
xv
PART ONE: THE EXPERIENCE
``Jimi Hendrix, a fantastic American guitarist...''
3
1
Chris Welch
Hendrix IS Out of This World
3
3
Keith Altham
Wild, Man!
6
2
Dawn James
Who Says Jimi Hendrix Can't Sing? (He Does!)
8
2
Chris Welch
Jimi a Hit in Sweden--Refused Hotel Room
10
1
Melody Maker
Bad Shows Bring Jimi Down
11
1
Norrie Drummond
Massive U.S. Campaign to Push Hendrix
12
1
New Musical Express
The Voice of Experience
13
2
Newsweek
``I Felt We Were in Danger of Becoming the U.S. Dave Dee''
15
3
Alan Walsh
Hendrix Busted in Toronto
18
3
Ritchie Yorke
Ben Fong-Torres
Hendrix' One-Year Retirement
21
1
Plan Rolling Stone
``I Don't Want to Be a Clown Any More...''
22
4
Sheila Weller
Jimi Hendrix Blasts the Old Year Out with ``Space Rock''
26
1
The New York Times
The End of a Beginning Maybe
26
9
John Burks
Hendrix Today
35
3
Roy Hollingworth
Jimi Hendrix 1942--1970
38
2
Michael Lydon
Hendrix Is Buried in Home Town
40
6
John Morthland
Hendrix, Jimi
46
7
John Piccarella
PART TWO: CRITICS: BOLD AS...LOVE?
Whitenoise?
53
2
David Flooke
Jimi Hendrix: Axis: Bold as Love
55
1
Jim Miller
Letter to the Editor of Rolling Stone
56
1
Paul Caruso
SuperSpade Raises Atlantis
56
5
Albert Goldman
Jimi Hendrix in Concert: Paul Sauve Arena [Montreal]
61
1
Logos
``What sets Jimi Hendrix apart...''
62
1
Frank Kofsky
Jimi Hendrix at Maple Leaf Gardens [Toronto], May 1969
62
2
Douglas Pringle
I Don't Live Today
64
1
P.J. O'Rourke
Hendrix
65
3
Rick
Death May Be Your Santa Claus
68
9
Mort A. Credit (Lester Bangs)
Hendrix LP Not Essential
77
2
Dave Marsh
His Guitar Was His Amulet
79
4
Curtis Knight
PART THREE: STRAIGHT AHEAD
Jimi's Favorite Guitar Techniques
83
5
Don Menn
Jimi and the Monkees
88
4
S. L. Duff
The House That Jimi Built
92
4
Gene Santoro
Jimi Hendrix: The Jazz Connection
96
11
Bill Milkowski
PART FOUR: HAVE YOUR EVER BEEN (TO UNIVERSITY)
from ``The Rock Guitar Solo: From Expression to Simulation''
107
6
Ben Goertzel
from ``Sounds Authentic: Black Music, Ethnicity, and the Challenge of a Changing Same''
113
3
Paul Gilroy
``A Magic Science'': Rock Music as a Recording Art
116
14
Paul Clarke
from the Power of Black Music
130
3
Samuel A. Floyd, Jr.
Progressive Rock and Psychedelic Coding in the Work of Jimi Hendrix
133
20
Sheila Whiteley
PART FIVE: 1983...(AND BEYOND)
How the Electric Became a Way of Music
153
3
John Rockwell
Homage to Jimi: A New Music Composition
156
2
Henry Gwiazda
If Six Was Nine: La Musica di Jimi Hendrix per Jazz Ensemble
158
1
Michael Rosenstein
The Hendrix Project: A Moving Experience
159
2
Gary Vargas
Henry Rollins on Jimi
161
1
Douglas J. Noble
Electric Lady Studios Alumni List New York, New York
162
2
The Jazz Generation Pays Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
164
2
Jon Pareles
Experiencing Jimi Hendrix
166
4
Chuck Philips
Why Hendrix Still Matters
170
5
Frank Owen
Simon Reynolds
PART SIX: CRITICISM (SLIGHT RETURN)
Jimi Hendrix
175
1
Tom Nordlie
Jimi Hendrix Experience: Radio One
176
1
Ken Richardson
Scary Jimi Essential
177
4
Greg Barker
from HeadBangers
181
2
Mark Hale
Racial Rehabilitation
183
2
Mark Prendergast
Dreamer The New Yorker
185
2
Jimi Hendrix 1942--1995
187
13
Tom Gogola
Still Reigning, Still Dreaming
200
7
Andy Ellis
PART SEVEN: DIG
Jimi Hendrix: A Memorial
207
4
Bob Hicks
Discography
211
4
Bibliography
215
10
Permissions
225
6
Index
231