CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Clarksville-born writer Emily DeLoach Gatlin has just released a “bookazine” on the life story of Jimi Hendrix, and how he reinvented rock ‘n’ roll.
“The Unknown Hendrix” traces his rise from obscurity to being the biggest rock star on the planet, and features little known stories, previously unpublished photos, and details his time in Clarksville when he was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell.
“The Unknown Hendrix” also includes a comprehensive list of Hendrix recordings as frontman and sideman, the story behind the infamous Stephen Stills Basement Tapes, and surprising Hendrix trivia.
Author Emily DeLoach Gatlin was born in Clarksville. Her parents, brother, and sister-in-law still live here and she visits often from her home in Mississippi.
She will return to Clarksville September 3 from 5-7 p.m. for a signing at The Customs House Museum, sponsored by Z97.5 and Clarksvillenow.com.
“The Bookazine is a fantastic medium to tell a story intimately, fully, and beautifully, with the context of a book and the immediacy of a magazine,” said SPIN magazine founder and publisher Bob Guccione, Jr.
“Hendrix was such a fantastic and innovative and free spirited artist. As prematurely as he died, I think he lived a full artistic life.”
“The most interesting thing to me about Hendrix was the time he spent on the South’s Chitlin’ Circuit,” Gatlin said. “He honed his skills in the birthplace of America by incorporating gimmicks he learned from blues musicians in the Delta. He was such a good showman that he was kicked out of almost every band he played with.”
“The Unknown Hendrix” is available nationwide wherever magazines are sold and will also be available at the September 3 event.