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Talking guitar : conversations with musicians who shaped twentieth-century American music /

"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, count...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Obrecht, Jas (Compilador, Entrevistador)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press in association with the Southern Folklife Collection, the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, [2017]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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."