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9780312063245

Crosstown Traffic Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution

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  • ISBN13:

    9780312063245

  • ISBN10:

    0312063245

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1991-10-15
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Charles Shaar Murray won the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award for Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix and the Postwar Rock ’n’ Roll Revolution. He lives in England.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introduction: The English and American Combined Anthemp. 1
The We Decadep. 11
Highway Chilep. 34
I'm a Man (At Least I'm Trying to Be)p. 58
Room Full of Mirrorsp. 78
Never to Grow Oldp. 106
Blue are the Life-giving Waters Taken for Grantedp. 129
With the Power of Soul ... Anything is Possiblep. 153
Hear My 'Trane A-comin'p. 182
Coda: The English and American Combined Anthem (Slight Return)p. 207
Music, Sweet Music, Drips from My Fender's Fingersp. 209
Discographyp. 218
Jimi Hendrix on Videop. 232
Bibliographyp. 235
Indexp. 239
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