{"product_id":"barrett-eric-lawrence-robinson-experienced-on-the-road-with-jimi-hendrix-and-beyond","title":"Barrett, Eric \u0026 Lawrence Robinson - Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Jimi Hendrix story from the man who lived it - an insider's account of his final, UKshaped\u003cbr\u003eyears, from London clubs to the Isle of Wight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJimi Hendrix road manager and confidante Eric Barrett breaks five decades of silence,\u003cbr\u003erevealing what it was like to live inside the rock legend's orbit - from Woodstock to the\u003cbr\u003eIsle of Wight, through a Toronto drug bust and the private moments when Hendrix let his\u003cbr\u003eguard down - set against the backdrop of a transatlantic rock 'n' roll career shaped in\u003cbr\u003eBritain . . . a rock odyssey for the ages. With 16 pages of photos - many never seen\u003cbr\u003ebefore.\u003cbr\u003eEXPERIENC ED is an insider's account of Jimi Hendrix at the moment when Britain stood at\u003cbr\u003ethe center of his world.\u003cbr\u003eEric Barrett, Scottish-born road manager, fixer, and trusted confidant-was with Hendrix\u003cbr\u003efrom 1968 until his death in 1970, witnessing the final, volatile years of a career shaped,\u003cbr\u003etested, and defined on British soil. It was the UK that first recognized Hendrix's genius,\u003cbr\u003eand it was Britain where he found creative footing and renewal alongside British\u003cbr\u003ebandmates Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding, whose playing helped define the sound of the\u003cbr\u003eJimi Hendrix Experience.\u003cbr\u003eBarrett takes readers inside London clubs and hotels, Soho bars, BBC studios, and the\u003cbr\u003eRoyal Albert Hall, where performances veered between transcendence and chaos. He\u003cbr\u003ecaptures a Hendrix rarely seen, nervous before British crowds and afraid that the country\u003cbr\u003ethat had once embraced him might be moving on.\u003cbr\u003eThe narrative builds toward the Isle of Wight Festival in August 1970, Hendrix's final UK\u003cbr\u003eappearance and one of the most mythologized concerts in rock history. Barrett's account\u003cbr\u003editches legend for the exhausting realities of technical failures, physical decline, flashes of\u003cbr\u003ebrilliance, and the emotional toll of an unraveling European tour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sphere","offers":[{"title":"Hardback Book","offer_id":51253968306454,"sku":"RMX-66838","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/74c94c50e1e788d878839ca24add70e2.png?v=1777382372","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/barrett-eric-lawrence-robinson-experienced-on-the-road-with-jimi-hendrix-and-beyond","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}