Becoming Jimi Hendrix

Brad Schreiber is a journalist, author and screenplay writer who has won awards and fellowships from the Edward Albee Foundation, the National Press Foundation, the National Audio Theatre Festival, the California Writers Club and others. His books include the best-selling Guinness Book parody Weird Wonders and Bizarre Blunders (Simon and Schuster) and the nonfiction book Death in Paradise: An Illustrated History of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner (Perseus). His latest book is Stop the Show!: A History of Insane Incidents and Absurd Accidents in the Theater (Perseus). Schreiber has written for the Los Angeles weekly paper Entertainment Today, on and off, since 1995. His other journalism credits include Daily Variety, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Script Magazine, The Writer and the Huffington Post. He currently lives in San Francisco, California.

"New York Times Book Review," 10/17/10 "Hendrix's career as a superstar has been well chronicled; the more interesting details of how he became one are told here...["Becoming Jimi Hendrix"] makes a case for the preparation that every originator should go through: follow your passion obsessively, so that when you encounter the person or thing that will change your life, you'll be ready."

Steve Coates, "New York Times"," "10/15/10"It's a fascinating book for the story it tells, but I would pay the cover price just for its amazing photographs."

"Rolling Stone," 8/19/103 1/2 out of 4 stars "Most important, the book shows how Greenwich Village was crucial to Hendrix's 1966 breakthrough: With Harlem unable to hold him, MacDougal Street provides the launching pad for Hendrix's psychedelic genius.""Classic Rock "(UK), September 2010"[A] unique and fascinating book...The most thorough account yet seen of the years during which a shy, spacey, chronically untogether young guitarist learned his craft...Tells us more, and more deeply, than any previous volume about exactly what went into his Becoming Jimi Hendrix." (9 out of 10 stars) "Booklist, "9/15/10"An insightful look at an iconic star." "L.A."" Weekly," 9/23"A crucial rock bio." "Chicago"" Sun-Times," 9/19"Steven Roby and Brad Schreiber's assiduously reported work illuminates the evolution of Hendrix from self-taught amateur to the guitar paragon whose stylings remain a rock hallmark... [They] seem to have tracked down almost everybody who crossed paths with Hendrix... [and] are to be thanked for a comprehensive bibliography, recommended listening, a sessionography including discography and TV appearances, and a chronology of 1961-1966 tours and events." Wolfgang's Vault, Ben Fong-Torres"A well-researched book loaded with great stories." "Mojo," November 2010"One of the most intelligent and revealing biographies of an unsurpassable giant." "San Francisco"" Chronicle," 10/04/10"A compelling accoun