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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781477312582

Content: Ask guitar players about their instruments, and you’re likely to get a story—where the guitar came from, or what makes it unique, or why the player will never part with it. Most guitarists have strong feelings about their primary tool, and some are downright passionate about their axes. Chuck Holley is a professional photographer and writer who loves music and listening to musicians talk about their trade. For several years, he has been photographing guitarists with their prized instruments and collecting their stories. This beautifully illustrated book presents these stories in revelatory photographs and words. The guitarists included in this book range from high-profile performers, including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Laurence Juber, Jorma Kaukonen, JD Souther, Bill Frisell, Dave Alvin, and Kelly Willis, to renowned studio musicians and band members. Holley’s beautifully composed photographs portray them with their favorite guitar, including detail shots of the instrument. Accompanying the photographs are the musicians’ stories about the Gibsons, Fenders, Martins, and others that have become the guitar in their lives, the one that has a special lineage or intangible qualities of sustain, tone, clarity, and comfort that make it irreplaceable. Several musicians talk about how the guitar chose them, while others recount stories of guitars lost or stolen and then serendipitously recovered. Together, these photographs and stories underscore the great pleasure of performing with an instrument that’s become a trusted friend with a personality all its own.

Note: Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , INTRODUCTION -- , A NATIONAL STEEL AMONG THE HOPI DOLLS -- , THE RED 355 -- , THE GIG AND THE JOB -- , SOMETHING PERFECT -- , RISEN FROM THE ASHES -- , A CHUNK OF WOOD -- , THE GREAT MISTAKE -- , ALL THE BEST, TOM T. HALL -- , BLACKA AND THE BANDIT -- , THE MOUSE -- , THOUSANDS OF SONGS -- , ONE NIGHT AT THE CONTINENTAL -- , OLD WOOD -- , THE GOYA AND THE GIBSON -- , NUMBER 7 -- , SARA JANE’S TUNE -- , THE NEW OLD NOCASTER -- , THE WONDERS OF THE GALAXIE -- , AN EDUCATION IN THE BLUES -- , THE DJANGO MYSTERY -- , CLIPPED WINGS -- , NOT VINTAGE, JUST OLD -- , THREE NEW HEADS AND FIVE NEW HANDLES -- , THE STRAT UNDER THE BED -- , DOC’S MARTIN -- , TWENTY BUCKS WELL SPENT -- , ONE GUITAR, ONE THOUSAND GIGS -- , THE , MORE THAN JUST A GUITAR -- , A RARE FIND -- , A GOOD KIND OF WORN -- , NOTHING LIKE A DON -- , CURTIS RAY’S LAP STEEL -- , MI JARANA -- , CONNECTED UP, AUSTIN STYLE -- , A GOOD GUITAR IS A GOOD GUITAR -- , A LONG WAY IN A SHORT TIME -- , CLARENCE WHITE’S ’54 TELE -- , THE FIRST AND THE LAST -- , THAT GOOD BUCK OWENS SOUND -- , THE BEST DEAL EVER -- , A CATALOG GUITAR -- , LITTLE SISTER -- , SOMETHING THAT MATTERS -- , ONE GUITAR FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE -- , PATTY THE BLUESHAWK -- , ACKNOWLEDGMENTS , In English.

Language: English

Subjects: Musicology

DOI: 10.7560/312575

URL: https://doi.org/10.7560/312575

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781477312582