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Instruments of desire the electric guitar and the shaping of musical experience /

"Instruments of Desire is the first full account of the historical and cultural significance of the electric guitar, a wide-ranging exploration of how and why the instrument has had such broad musical and cultural impact."--Jacket.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Waksman, Steve
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1999.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Playing with sound : Charlie Christian, the electric guitar, and the Swing Era
  • Pure tones and solid bodies : Les Paul's new sound
  • Mister Guitar : Chet Atkins and the Nashville sound
  • Racial distortions : Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, and the electric guitar in Black popular music
  • Black sound, Black body : Jimi Hendrix, the electric guitar, and the meanings of blackness
  • Kick out the jams! : the MC5 and the politics of noise
  • Heavy music : cock rock, colonialism, and Led Zeppelin.