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(0)Jas Obrecht
Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
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Description
"Since the early 1900s, blues and the guitar have traveled side by side. This book tells the story of their pairing from the first reported sightings of blues musicians, to the rise of nationally known stars, to the onset of the Great Depression, when blues recording virtually came to a halt. Like the best music documentaries, Early Blues: The First Stars of Blues Guitar interweaves musical history, quotes from celebrated musicians (B.B. King, John...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A compelling portrait of rock's greatest guitarist at the moment of his ascendance, Stone Free is the first book to focus exclusively on the happiest and most productive period of Jimi Hendrix's life. As it begins in the fall of 1966, he's an under-sung, under-accomplished sideman struggling to survive in New York City. Nine months later, he's the toast of Swinging London, a fashion icon, and the brightest star to step off the stage at the Monterey...
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press in association with the Southern Folklife Collection, the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Publisher
Distributed to the Book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
©2000
Language
English
Description
"Rollin' and Tumblin' journeys to the heart of American blues, exploring the lives and artistry of the electric guitar pioneers who arose from Chicago, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and the West Coast in the years between World War II and the British Invasion. It begins with a portrait of blues guitar history, followed by poignant interviews and profiles of influential musicians."--Jacket.