Play it loud
Subtitle: the epic history of the style, sound, and revolution of the electric guitar
By: Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna
Contributors: Di Perna, Alan, 1953- author
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Doubleday; imusti
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 379
ISBN-13: 9780385540995; 9781101970393
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Electric guitar; History
Description: For generations an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism, the electric guitar had an explosive impact on music and culture. Now Tolinski and di Perna tell the story of its inventors and iconoclasts, of scam artists, prodigies, and mythologizers as varied and original as the instruments they spawned. They use twelve landmark guitars-- each of them artistic milestones in their own right-- to illustrate the conflict and passion the instruments have inspired.
Notes: "Timeline": pages 328-333.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-351) and index.
Table of contents: title: Brother musician, listen to a miracle!; title: The Christian crusade; title: The wizard from Waukesha; title: The model T. Cowboy cool : Leo Fender and the birth of the Telecaster ; Surf's up : The Stratocaster makes the scene; title: The blues (and country) had a baby; title: The solid-body Stradivarius; title: The fab twelve; title: The revolution will be amplified. A tool of capitalism? Dylan goes electric ; Machine-gun loud : from Townshend to Hendrix ; The birth of classic rock; title: Eruptions; title: Made in Japan; title: The revenge of the nerds; title: Plastic fantastic.