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The Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy, 1915-1963

Author : Robb Lawrence
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780634048616
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book The Early Years of the Les Paul Legacy, 1915-1963 written by Robb Lawrence and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Journey through the career of musical giant, milestone guitarist, and recording innovator Les Paul, and marvel at the world of cutting-edge guitar design! This book, along with its companion book The Modern Era of the Les Paul Legacy 1968-2007 (Fall 2008) emerged out of author Robb Lawrence's years of research, interviews, extensive vintage archives (including original Les Paul/Mary Ford articles, press photos, music and recordings), and gorgeous original photography. It's all here: the factory pictures, the designers, the electronics; the first experimtela "Log" and "Clunker" guitars, stories of the various Goldtops, the humbucking pickup evolution, and over 80 pages dedicated to the heralded '50s "Sunburst" Standard. Exclusive interviews with Les Paul, as well as Michael Bloomfield and Jeff Beck. A beautiful and insightful book on a legendary inventor, musician and his partnership with Gibson to make the world's most-cherished electric guitar.

Guitar Identification

Author : A. R. Duchossoir
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781423426110
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Guitar Identification written by A. R. Duchossoir and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2008 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book Covering eight more years of models and updated with new photos and industry revelations, this handy book is an indispensable tool for novice and expert collectors to date instruments from the four most popular guitar manufacturers. Good for either your own instruments or a guitar that you are considering buying, this classic includes serial numbers and common features to help you date instruments quickly and accurately. This new edition features a suggested reading list, author bio, and over 150 illustrations.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Deaths from Pneumonia

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2149 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular Deaths from Pneumonia written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 2149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Nashville Cats

Author : Travis D. Stimeling
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0197502814
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Nashville Cats written by Travis D. Stimeling and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nashville Cats: Record Production in Music City, 1945-1975 is the first history of record production during country music's so-called "Nashville Sound" era. This period of country music history produced some of the genre's most celebrated recording artists, including Country Music Hall of Fame inductees Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, and Floyd Cramer, and marked the establishment of a recording industry that has come to define Nashville in the national and international consciousness. Yet, despite country music's overwhelming popularity during this period and the continued legacy of the studios that were built in Nashville during the 1950s and 1960s, little attention has been given to the ways in which recording engineers, session musicians, and record producers shaped the sounds of country music during the time. Drawing upon a rich array of previously unexplored primary sources, Nashville Cats: Record Production in Nashville, 1945-1975 is the first book to take a global view of record production in Nashville during the three decades that the city's musicians established the city as the leading center for the production and distribution of country music"--

Let's Rock!

Author : Richard Aquila
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442269375
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Let's Rock! written by Richard Aquila and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rock & roll was one of the most important cultural developments in post–World War II America, yet its origins are shrouded in myth and legend. Let’s Rock! reclaims the lost history of rock & roll. Based on years of research, as well as interviews with Bo Diddley, Pat Boone, and other rock & roll pioneers, the book offers new information and fresh perspectives about Elvis, the rise of rock & roll, and 1950s America. Rock & roll is intertwined with the rise of a post–World War II youth culture, the emergence of African Americans in society, the growth of consumer culture, technological change, the expansion of mass media, and the rise of a Cold War culture that endorsed traditional values to guard against communism. Richard Aquila’s book demonstrates that early rock & roll was not as rebellious as common wisdom has it. The new sound reflected the conservatism and conformity of the 1950s as much as it did the era’s conflict. Rock & roll supported centrist politics, traditional values, and mainstream attitudes toward race, gender, class, and ethnicity. The musical evidence proves that most teenagers of the 1950s were not that different from their parents and grandparents when it came to basic beliefs, interests, and pastimes. Young and old alike were preoccupied by the same concerns, tensions, and insecurities. Rock & roll continues to permeate the fabric of modern life, and understanding the music’s origins reminds us of the common history we all share. Music lovers who grew up during rock & roll’s early years as well as those who have come to it more recently will find Let’s Rock an exciting historical and musical adventure.

Moderne

Author : Ronald Lynn Wood
Publisher : Vintage Guitar
ISBN 13 : 1574242415
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Moderne written by Ronald Lynn Wood and published by Vintage Guitar. This book was released on 2008 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Guitar). The Moderne is an electric guitar designed by Gibson in 1957 alongside the Flying V and Explorer as part of a stylistically advanced line. Sources claim that Gibson made a handful of prototypes, but an original has yet to surface. The Moderne was eventually put into production in 1982. Because of their very limited production and forward design, Modernes are highly sought by collectors. Here is the story, explained in interviews and photos, of this curious development associated with the golden era of guitar making.

Wisconsin Riffs

Author : Kurt Dietrich
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN 13 : 0870208543
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Wisconsin Riffs written by Kurt Dietrich and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2018-04-22 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extensive, upbeat compilation of Wisconsin’s jazz musicians Although New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago are often considered the epicenters of American jazz, this extensive, upbeat compilation of jazz musician biographies details Wisconsin’s rich association the genre since its the inception of the genre in the early 1900s. Iconic musicians Bunny Berigan, Woody Herman, Les Paul, and Al Jarreau all hailed from Wisconsin, as have many other influential players, composers, and teachers. Wisconsin Riffs features these musicians side-by-side—from the world-renowned to obscure regional artists—to portray a comprehensive history of jazz in Wisconsin. Through meticulous research and more than a hundred interviews, author Kurt Dietrich has assembled a group of musicians who represent a wide range of backgrounds, ages, stylistic schools, and experiences—from leaders of swing-era big bands to legendary Wisconsin Conservatory instructors to today’s up-and-coming practitioners of contemporary jazz and jazz rock. For aspiring musicians, jazz enthusiasts, and fans of Wisconsin culture alike, Wisconsin Riffs presents a compelling, complex, and multi-layered concoction—just like jazz itself.

Sunburst

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493083325
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Sunburst written by Tony Bacon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paperback Original w/French flaps

The Publishers Weekly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Publishers Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Million Dollar Les Paul

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Jawbone
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Million Dollar Les Paul written by Tony Bacon and published by Jawbone. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The original sunburst Gibson Les Paul - known as the 'Burst' - is the most celebrated electric guitar of all time. Manufactured at the end of the 50s, it was the instrument of choice for players such as Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck (left). Now, examples of the guitar are changing hands for high six-figure sums. Million Dollar Les Paul tells the story of these legendary instruments and explores why they have become so desirable. It seems only a matter of time before a Burst sells for a million dollars. By the time you read this book, in fact, it may already have happened. This book, by renowned guitar historian Tony Bacon, combines meticulous research with a series of new interviews with players, technicians, and collectors, including Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top and Mr. Les Paul himself. It takes readers on a fascinating journey from a factory in Kalamazoo, Michigan, through the British blues scene of the 60s, to the salerooms and concert stages of the present day.

Les Paul Legacy

Author : Robb Lawrence
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781423488194
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Les Paul Legacy written by Robb Lawrence and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Includes both books, Early Years 1915-1963 (0-634-04861-9) and Modern Era 1968-2009 (11/09 release 978-1-57424-241-6) packaged in a beautiful slipcase box. The slipcase artwork encapsulates the total legacy in a tasteful design that will appeal to collectors and guitar playing fans. Since Les Paul's death in August 2009, this will be the first complete book set that covers his entire life including his last performances at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the memorials in New York, and the burial in his hometown in Wisconsin. The books are lavishly designed featuring over 400 color photos, in each book. Author Robb Lawrence, a long-time friend of Les', brings his personal stories and encyclopedic knowledge of Les and the famous Gibson guitar that bears his name. Authorized and reviewed by Les, this is the definitive book set on Les Paul and the fifty-year production of the Gibson Les Paul guitar.

50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul

Author : Tony Bacon
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879307110
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book 50 Years of the Gibson Les Paul written by Tony Bacon and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1952 the first Gibson Les Paul solidbody electric guitar was made and 2002 will be the 50th anniversary of its creation. This book is a chronicle of the entire range of Gibson Les Paul guitars, the stories surrounding their creation and the artists (such as Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton) who played them. Made by the Gibson company, the Les Paul was the result of a collaboration with brilliant guitarist Les Paul, one half of the famous Les Paul and Mary Ford Duo. Every model is described and its different specifications unravelled, with colour photographs that reveal the complexity and beauty of these important guitars over the last 50 years.

Dust Off

Author : Peter Dorland
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0756710855
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book Dust Off written by Peter Dorland and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2001-07 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sumerians

Author : Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226452328
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Sumerians written by Samuel Noah Kramer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. "There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."—American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."—Library Journal

The Birth of Loud

Author : Ian S. Port
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501141767
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Birth of Loud written by Ian S. Port and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A hot-rod joy ride through mid-20th-century American history” (The New York Times Book Review), this one-of-a-kind narrative masterfully recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound—Leo Fender and Les Paul—and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built. In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into rock ’n’ roll—and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender’s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an “axe” that would make Fender’s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul—whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought—to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world’s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman, Paul was a brilliant but headstrong pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s—including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton—adopted one maker’s guitar or another. By 1969 it was clear that these new electric instruments had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. In “an excellent dual portrait” (The Wall Street Journal), Ian S. Port tells the full story in The Birth of Loud, offering “spot-on human characterizations, and erotic paeans to the bodies of guitars” (The Atlantic). “The story of these instruments is the story of America in the postwar era: loud, cocky, brash, aggressively new” (The Washington Post).

Famous Wisconsin Musicians

Author : Susan Masino
Publisher : Badger Books Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9781878569882
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book Famous Wisconsin Musicians written by Susan Masino and published by Badger Books Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profilesofover 30 musicians with a Wisconsin connection such as Liberace, Hildegarde, Jeff Pilson, Ben Sidran, Richard Davis and Steve Miller. Foreword by electric guitar inventor and guitarist Les Paul.

Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years

Author : A.R. Duchossoir
Publisher : Hal Leonard
ISBN 13 : 1476851263
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years written by A.R. Duchossoir and published by Hal Leonard. This book was released on 1998-06-01 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Book). Since the inception of the first "electrical" guitars in the 1920s, no other manufacturer has produced a greater variety of professional quality models than Gibson. This book presents a documented account of the instruments released during a highly creative period from the 1930s up to the mid-60s, which saw the coming of age of the electric guitar. It describes all the models that have made history and contributed to establishing the reputation of Gibson. This edition features over 500 illustrations, including 100 in color, and previously unpublished material.