“Eric Barrett, one of the most respected tour managers in the music industry, worked with me for years and we had some great times together. Nobody beats a Scotsman for funny! And nobody beats Eric for fierce—as he mentions in this wonderful memoir, he was my defender and protector while we were on tour in Australia in 1979. Eric was always the grownup in the room, and was masterful at solving problems and making everything run smoothly.”
—Linda Rondstadt

“There are songwriters, producers, engineers, inventors, performance artists, bluesmen, and, of course, guitar players (and the rest of us mortals)—and then there is Jimi Hendrix. Here Jimi’s genius is documented by one of the few men who was there to help facilitate it.”
—Joe Perry, Aerosmith

“During my years as Musical Director for David Bowie, I had the privilege of working alongside Eric. . . . But Eric’s story reaches even further back—into the mythic fabric of rock history itself. Before Bowie . . . there was Jimi Hendrix. . . . Pay attention. Because these are not stories passed down through time, they are lived truths, carried by a man who stood at the center of it all.”
—Carlos Alomar, Guitarist / Songwriter / Music Director for David Bowie

“[This] drug-soaked trip down memory lane . . . also reveals a side of Hendrix the public rarely experienced. . . . This backstage window into Hendrix’s world is sure to hook any rock fan.”
—Publishers Weekly 

“There has never been a book about Jimi Hendrix that has the unfiltered, raw intimacy of this memoir from his former roadie and friend Eric Barrett. Experienced offers a vivid portrait of both Hendrix’s brilliance and his vulnerability. It’s a rare, invaluable document of the apex of rock ’n’ roll in the late 1960s.”
—Danny Goldberg, author of Bumping Into Geniuses and Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain

“Experienced by Eric Barrett is one of the most riveting ‘insider’ music memoirs I’ve ever read. As the tour manager for the likes of Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Billy Idol, and many other big-time rock stars, he saw it all and did it all—and somehow lived to tell the tale. Prepare to have your mind blown.” 
—Kent Hartman, author of The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll’s Best-Kept Secret 

“I had no idea that Eric was Jimi Hendrix’s entire crew, that he was tour manager, lighting director and dear friend to David Bowie . . . ’til much later in our relationship. That being said, until you’ve woken up to Eric Barrett literally jumping up and down on your hotel room bed, screaming obscenities at you . . . because you overslept and missed the lobby call, you have no concept of how important everything you do on the road is and what a great tour manager has to put up with!”
—Waddy Wachtel, guitarist for, among others, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, Keith Richards, James Taylor, and Iggy Pop; cowriter of Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London”

“The first book I’ve read—and I’ve read plenty—that captures the man, not the myth. Eric Barrett was there, and he brings Hendrix into focus as a working musician, a flawed genius, and, just as importantly, a genuinely cool hang.”
—Brad Tolinski, author of Light & Shade: Conversations with Jimmy Page and Blow by Blow: The Jeff Beck Story 

 “An affectionate and intimate portrait of the greatest guitarist of all time. Eric Barrett witnessed the highs and lows of Jimi Hendrix at his peak, and offers firsthand insight into a complicated, troubled genius—as well as epic tales about his own encounters with other rock megastars.”
—Alan Light, former editor-in-chief of Spin and Vibe magazines; author of Don’t Stop: Why We (Still) Love Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours 

“Eric, oh man, he was the one keeping our little circus on track. You can imagine those times during the Charmed Life and Cyberpunk tours, what kind of crazy shit we got up to, but Eric made sure every show was perfection. I still consider him my close friend and someone with a world’s worth of knowledge. There are so many times in my life since then that I wished he was still there guiding my musical path, telling me the stories of his fantastic journey.” 
—Mark Younger-Smith, guitarist and writing partner of Billy Idol