A perfectly good guitar : musicians on their favorite instruments

Book 2017

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 photogra...

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Guitar

Guitarists United States

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Brad and Michele Moore roots music series

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ISBN:

9781477312575
1477312579

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xii, 196 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

A National Steel among the hopi dolls / Dave Alvin
The red 355 / Ray Benson
The gig and the job / Toronzo Cannon
Something perfect / Rosanne Cash
Risen from the ashes / Cindy Cashdollar
A chunk of wood / Guy Clark
The great mistake / Joanna Connor
All the best, Tom T. Hall / Peter Copper
Blacka and the bandit / Dan Dugmore
The mouse / Tommy Emmanuel
Thousands of songs / Alejandro Escovedo
One night at the Continental / Denny Freeman
Old wood / Bill Frisell
The Goya and the Gibson / Eliza Gilkyson
Number 7 / John Hammond
Sara Jane's tune / David Holt
The new old Nocaster / Bill Hullett
The wonders of the Galaxie / Cornell Hurd
An education in the blues / Daniel Ivankovich
The Django mystery / $r John Jorgenson
Clipped wings / Laurence Juber
Not vintage, just old / Jorma Kaukonen
Three new heads and five new handles / Bill Kirchen
The Strat under the bed / Sonny Landreth
Doc's Martin / Jack Lawrence
Twenty bucks well spent / Greg Leisz
One guitar, one thousand gigs / John Leventhal
The S80 Telecaster / Dave Malone
More than just a guitar / Rob McNelly
A rare find / Lisa Morales
A good kind of worn / Scrappy Jud Newcomb
Nothing like a Don / Johnny Nicholas
Curtis Ray's lap steel / James Pennebaker
Mi jarana / Louie Pâerez
Connected up, Austin style / Casper Rawls
A good guitar is a good guitar / G.E. Smith
A long way in a short time / JD Souther
Clarence White's '54 Tele / Marty Stuart
The first and the last / Dan Tyminski
That good Buck Owens sound / Redd Volkaert
The best deal ever / Waddy Wachtel
A catalog guitar / Dustin Welch
Little sister / Kevin Welch
Something that matters / Kelly Willis
One guitar for the rest of your life / Jamie Lin Wilson
Patty the blueshawk / Carolyn Wonderland

LCCN:

2016030561

Control Number:

2476641

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