'Charles R. Cross' is a
rock music journalist and
author based in
Seattle. He is the founder of Backstreets magazine, a periodical for fans of
Bruce Springsteen, editor of "Springsteen: the Man and His Music," a compilation of Backstreets articles, and is also author of a
biography of
Kurt Cobain, titled ''
Heavier Than Heaven''. His most recent release is entitled
Room Full Of Mirrors - A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix.
In 2004, while conducting research for the Hendrix book, Cross rediscovered the gravesite of
Jimi Hendrix's mother, Lucille Jeter Hendrix, in an abandoned section of
Greenwood Memorial Park, where Jimi Hendrix himself is buried in an elaborate granite memorial. The gravesite of Lucille Hendrix was lost because the standard welfare marker of her day, an inscribed brick, became buried in decades of mud from the area's notorious heavy rains. Cross delivered a moving eulogy for Lucille when a proper headstone was dedicated at the site.
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Official Website
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About us page of Backstreets magazine