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Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and Post-War Pop
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Winner of 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.
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Charles Shaar Murray
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.
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