num_pages: 256
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.
language: English
title: Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution
titlecomplete: Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution
characters: Jimi Hendrix
genres: Essays, Biography, Music Biography, Music, African American, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 372
publisher: St. Martin's Griffin