Jimi Hendrix, electric gypsy cover

Jimi Hendrix, electric gypsy

by Harry Shapiro

Authors Shapiro and Glenneek have painstakingly researched and written the life, death, and legacy of Jimi Hendrix. Complete with a family tree, Electric Gypsy follows Hendrix from his raw beginning in Seattle to his days in the Army, from playing for Bo Diddley and Ike Turner, to Greenwich Village and England where he gained the notoriety he sought. Color and black-and-white photographs.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?