In The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze
Telecaster, 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.
With firsthand details
from model Linda Keith, who discovered Hendrix in New York, Adams
recounts how the rising star left for London with a white Stratocaster
belonging to Keith Richards. The man who made Hendrix’s pedals explains
how this Strat failed to make the “Purple Haze” recording session and
how it was replaced by a borrowed Telecaster. As Adams tracks down the
surviving musicians, they shed light on the fate of that Telecaster and
gradually the two guitars begin to merge into one. Throughout, Adams
weaves his own story as a rock musician and tells how, against the odds,
he managed to hold on to this remarkable instrument.
Here is a
riveting story of one man seeking the truth about a cultural artifact
that changed rock history, a story for rock fans and guitar aficionados,
treasure hunters and antique dealers, as well as anyone who likes a
detective story.
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