Talking guitar
Subtitle: conversations with musicians who shaped twentieth-century American music
By: Jas Obrecht
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press in association with the Southern Folklife Collection, the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
ISBN-13: 9781469631646
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Popular music; Rock music; Interviews; History and criticism; Biography; Guitarists
Description: A celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players.
Notes: Companion CD contains excerpts from each interview featured in the book.

"Includes an audio CD of rare interviews"--Book jacket cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Guitarchaeology. Setting the stage; title: Nick Lucas. America's first guitar hero; title: Ry Cooder. Prewar country blues; title: Barney Kessel : the rise of Charlie Christian; title: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. "American music, Texas-style"; title: Roebuck "Pops" Staples. Gospel guitar; title: Ricky Nelson. Remembering rockabilly; title: Carol Kaye. The first lady of rock; title: Stevie Ray Vaughan : on Jimi Hendrix; title: James Gurley. "The Yuri Gagarin of psychedelic guitar"; title: Jerry Garcia. "It's the next note, not the last one"; title: Johnny Winter. Sliding the blues; title: Gregg Allman : "My brother Duane"; title: Carlos Santana. "Put wings on people's hearts"; title: Neil Young. The power of one note; title: Eddie Van Halen. "My first interview"; title: Tom Petty. Songwriting and the art of rhythm guitar; title: Eric Johnson. The journey inward; title: Joe Satriani. The resurgence of instrumental rock; title: Ben Harper. "The strongest spirit in all creation."