Power chord
Subtitle: one man's ear-splitting quest to find his guitar heroes
By: Thomas Scott McKenzie
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780061964961
Subjects: Rock musicians; Rock music fans
Description: Details the author's efforts to track down the legendary guitar heroes of the golden age of heavy metal, including Slash, Ace Frehley, Eddie Van Halen, George Lynch, and Mick Mars, and get them to share the secret to their success.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The hardest working slacker in the world; title: First sighting; title: Musical debates and the saving grace of video games; title: A rocking tour of Evansville guitar stores; title: The guitar hero constellation and plans for a pilgrimage; title: A Midwestern metal escape; title: Hitting the road; title: A soggy county fair; title: Guns, blades, a mechanical bull, and some useful chord tips; title: A phone call from space; title: Play from the heart; title: The virtuoso; title: Guitar hero calling; title: Blood, sweat, and strats; title: Grandpa sex, ringer tambourine players, and rocking the whisky; title: The man with the pointy guitar; title: Bending behind the nut; title: The view from the Kiss stage; title: Stage fright; title: Going kamikaze; title: Epilogue.