Many people know that Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) was a pioneering
guitarist and songwriter whose electric playing and performances were at
the heart of Sixties pop culture. What, perhaps, they don't know is that
he trained as a paratrooper in the Army; that his first guitar cost only
$5, while the guitar he set light to at the Monterey Pop Festival later
sold for $380,000; that the Jimi Hendrix Experience recorded only 3
studio albums; and that he is one of many rock stars to have died at the
age of 27. This book presents an instant impression of his life, work
and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into
infographics to reveal the artist behind the music.