Welcome to the on again, off again blog. Yeah, I know I said I'd try and do one a week to go with the pictures I'd be taking. So, it hasn't worked out like that yet. Sue me. Actually, I've been into my other boxes lately. I've been getting into my outdoor photography. Had a nice little shoot on Labor Day (my first full day as a 47 year old), going down a major street here in town, from north to south. That'll be an ongoing project as well. Music wise, I've been checking out different stuff, some of which I've written about here. A lotta dub, blues, hot rod rock, Americana-ish stuff. I'm still investigating so there hasn't been much to report on there. Mostly still grooving on the same bands I have been for the better part of the year. That, coupled with a bit of writer's block, kinda put the blog thing in idle. I didn't really wanna be book book book either. So, what do ya think I'm writing about today? Yeah! Another book! This is another great book, especially if you're a Hendrix nut. "Jimi Hendrix Sessions" is written by John McDermott with help from Billy Cox and Eddie Kramer. Being mainly about all of Hendrix' recording sessions, what better contributor than engineer extraordinaire Kramer, the man that brought a lotta those crazy ideas to fruition. The book covers sessions from 1963 all the way until his death on September 18, 1970. It draws as many facts about every session as possible with lots of quotes and pictures to boot. It's great hearing how songs start as these ideas and jams into the finished track, by the people who were actually involved in the process. If you dig Hendrix, you really should check this book out.
