| Description |
307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.) |
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
"Includes an audio CD of rare interviews"--Dust jacket. |
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"The Talking guitar CD presents audio excerpts from each interview featured in the book"--Page 307. |
| Contents |
Guitarchaeology : setting the stage -- Nick Lucas : America's first guitar hero -- Ry Cooder : prewar country blues -- Barney Kessel : the rise of Charlie Christian -- Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown : "American music, Texas-style" -- Roebuck "Pops" Staples : gospel guitar -- Ricky Nelson : remembering rockabilly -- Carol Kaye : the first lady of rock -- Stevie Ray Vaughan : on Jimi Hendrix -- James Gurley : "the Yuri Gagarin of psychedelic guitar" -- Jerry Garcia : "it's the next note, not the last one" -- Johnny Winter : sliding the blues -- Gregg Allman : "my brother Duane" -- Carlos Santana : "put wings on people's hearts" -- Neil Young : the power of one note -- Eddie Van Halen : "my first interview" -- Tom Petty : songwriting and the art of rhythm guitar -- Eric Johnson : the journey inward -- Joe Satriani : the resurgence of instrumental rock -- Ben Harper : "the strongest spirit in all creation." |
| Summary |
"Jas Obrecht presents a celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players. Readers will read--and hear--accounts of the first guitarists on record, pioneering bluesmen, gospel greats, jazz innovators, country pickers, rocking rebels, psychedelic shape-shifters, singer-songwriters, and other movers and shakers. In their own words, these guitar players reveal how they found their inspirations, mastered their instruments, crafted classic songs, and created enduring solos"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Credits |
Audio transfer and mastering by Brian Paulson. |
| Subject |
Guitarists -- United States -- Interviews.
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Popular music -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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Interviews (Sound recordings).
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| Added Author |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection.
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| ISBN |
9781469631646 (hardcover) |
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1469631644 (hardcover) |
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9781469631653 (ebook) |
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1469631652 (ebook) |
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