The grail guitar
Subtitle: the search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple haze Telecaster
By: Chris Adams
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781442246799
Subjects: Guitar; Telecaster guitar; African American rock musicians; Biography; African Americans; African American musicians; Guitarists
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The backup guitar; title: Purple haze rumours; title: Ruby Tuesday; title: Enter Svengali; title: Jamming; title: Experience counts; title: A Kentish lad; title: The Purple haze session; title: Psychedelic makeover; title: Travels with the grail guitar; title: Dreams realized; title: Sam; title: Isle of Wight Connexions; title: The Hendrix expert; title: Last rays; title: A shot of Rye; title: The crew; title: Holy relics; title: Tele-photo!; title: The examination; title: Exit lines; title: Return of the grail guitar; title: Lonely intersections; title: Closing arguments; title: The man who said 'no' to Jimi.