Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond by Barrett, Eric
Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond by Barrett, Eric

Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond

Jimi Hendrix's road manager and confidant Eric Barrett breaks fifty-five years of silence As Jimi Hendrix's road...
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Author: Eric Barrett
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond by Barrett, Eric

Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond

$36.00
Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond by Barrett, Eric

Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond

$36.00
Author: Eric Barrett
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Jimi Hendrix's road manager and confidant Eric Barrett breaks fifty-five years of silence

As Jimi Hendrix's road manager, Eric Barrett was there when the amps blew in Milan, when Hendrix set Woodstock ablaze, when paranoia crackled through the Toronto airport, when his music electrified a sea of 600,000 at the Isle of Wight, and in the quiet hours backstage when Hendrix revealed the insecurities behind his genius. Hendrix confided in few people. Barrett was one of them.

No one was closer to Hendrix's supernatural talent--or his demons.

Experienced is Barrett's long-awaited, unflinching memoir: the definitive inside account of Hendrix as friend, bandleader, and phenomenon. It strips away the mythology to reveal the man in all his musical wizardry and human contradictions. It reveals Hendrix as volatile, generous, insecure, incandescently creative, and always in pursuit of the next sound.

While his journey with Hendrix provides the book's spine, Barrett's decades on tour with David Bowie, Madonna, George Michael, and others add depth, parallels, and a sweeping sense of how Hendrix's short life set the template for rock 'n' roll excess--and survival--through the decades. The result is not just another rock memoir but a once-in-a-lifetime backstage history of music's most transformative years, told through the prism of Barrett's ride on Hendrix's feedback-fueled rise and tragic fall.

Author: Eric Barrett
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 08/04/2026
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9798895151198


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 05/11/2026
Library Journal 06/01/2026 pg. 90
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2026
Booklist 08/01/2026

About the Author
Eric Barrett was Jimi Hendrix's road manager and confidant from 1968-1970 and spent nearly five decades on tour with music's biggest names, from the early Beatles to Madonna. Known within the industry as a fixer, manager, and trusted insider, he lived through rock's most legendary highs and lows. He now lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife.

Lawrence Robinson is a British author and journalist based in Los Angeles and London. He has ghostwritten numerous nonfiction titles for major publishers and worked as a screenwriter for DreamWorks and Universal. His journalism has appeared in The Face, Arena, LA Weekly, and more.
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