Charles R. Cross Explained
Charles Richard Cross (May 7, 1957 – August 9, 2024) was an American music journalist, author and editor who was based in Seattle. [1] He documented the Seattle music scene as the editor of The Rocket in Seattle from 1986 - 2000. [2]
Cross wrote three New York Times bestselllers, including the award-winning 2001 biography of Kurt Cobain, Heavier Than Heaven, and Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix, which Vibe described as "one of the greatest-ever books on music". [3] [4] In addition to writing the 1989 Bruce Springsteen biography, Backstreets: Springsteen, the Man and His Music, he founded Backstreets Magazine, a periodical for Sprinsteen fans. [5]
In 2004, while conducting research for the Hendrix biography, Cross discovered the gravesite of Jimi Hendrix's mother, Lucille Jeter Hendrix, in an abandoned section of Greenwood Memorial Park, where Jimi Hendrix was buried. Her gravesite was lost because the standard welfare marker of her day, an inscribed brick, was buried in decades of mud. [6]
Cross died in Shoreline, Washington on August 9, 2024, at the age of 67.[7] [1]
Books
- 1989 Backstreets: Springsteen, the Man and His Music, Harmony Books, New York 1989/1992. .
- 1991 Led Zeppelin: Heaven and Hell, Harmony, 1991. .
- 1998 Classic Rock Albums: Nevermind: Nirvana, Music Sales Group, 1998/2003. . Coauthored with Jim Berkenstadt
- 2001 Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain, Hyperion, 2001. .
- 2005 , Sceptre, 2005. .
- 2008 Cobain Unseen, Little, Brown and Company, 2008.
- 2009 Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls, It Books.
- 2012 Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll, HarperCollins, New York, 2012. . Coauthored with Ann and Nancy Wilson
- 2014 Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain
References
- News: Williams . Alex . 2024-08-20 . Charles R. Cross, Biographer of Cobain and Hendrix, Dies at 67 . 2024-08-23 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
- Web site: Seling . Megan . Charles R. Cross, Long-Time Editor of Seattle's 'The Rocket,' Has Died . 2024-08-29 . The Stranger . en.
- Brandle . Lars . 2024-08-12 . Charles Cross, Seattle Author Who Wrote Books on Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix, Dies at 67 . 2024-08-29 . Billboard . en-US.
- Martoccio . Althea Legaspi. 2024-08-12 . Charles R. Cross, Author of Acclaimed Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix Biographies, Dead at 67 . 2024-08-12 . Rolling Stone . en-US.
- Web site: Sabla . Elvin . 2024-08-17 . Bruce Springsteen on the Death of Charles Cross . 2024-08-29 . Bruce Springsteen . en-US.
- Web site: Stout . Gene . July 29, 2005 . New Hendrix bio is a very intimate one . August 12, 2024 . Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- Web site: Willman . Chris . Charles R. Cross, Music Journalist Who Wrote Heralded Kurt Cobain Biography and Edited Seattle's Alt-Weekly the Rocket, Dies at 67 . Variety . 12 August 2024 . 12 August 2024.
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