Description: Called by "Entertainment Weekly" "The best book on Hendrix", "Crosstown Traffic" rode their A-list for over two months and won the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. Roots-savvy British critic Charles Shaar Murray assesses the lifework of guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the context of black musical tradition, social history, and the upheaval of the 1960s. of photos. (Music)
Brief description: Charles Shaar Murray's book Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and the Postwar Rock 'n' Roll Revolution was called by Entertainment Weekly "the best book on Hendrix," and rode their A-list for over two months before winning the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. He lives in England.