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Guitar Man: A Six-String Odyssey, or, You Love that Guitar More than You Love Me

Guitar Man: A Six-String Odyssey, or, You Love that Guitar More than You Love Me

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Availability:In StockContributor:Will HodgkinsonPublish date:2006-12-01Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306815140ISBN-10:306815141UPC:9780306815140Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Musical Instruments, History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Guitar, RockSize:8.26 x 6.34 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCGC6BPM0P

The guitar is the iconic instrument of modern popular music. It is portable, it has history, and it will always be hip. But why has the guitar become such a classic? Will Hodgkinson, a wannabe guitar player, whose only experience was an afternoon's bashing on a friend's guitar at the age of sixteen, set out to find out. Along the way he hoped to teach himself a few chords too. His goal was to get good enough to play before a live audience in just six months--even if it threatened to drive his wife and family to the point of insanity. His trip becomes an odyssey: He chats with British folk legend Bert Jansch, ex-Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr, and reclusive folk guitar legend Davey Graham, as well as Sufjan Stevens, PJ Harvey, and Cat Power's chanteuse Chan Marshall. He travels to America and with a hurricane brewing visits Roger McGuinn from the Byrds. He travels to the Deep South, looking for the spirit of Robert Johnson, and drops in on T-Model Ford, an old bluesman living in Mississippi. Gloriously readable and highly amusing, Guitar Man is classic obsessional nonfiction for a nation of guitar freaks.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Da Capo PressISBN-13:9780306815140ISBN-10:306815141UPC:9780306815140Book Category:MusicBook Subcategory:Musical Instruments, History & Criticism, Genres & StylesBook Topic:Guitar, RockSize:8.26 x 6.34 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.6702Product ID:SCGC6BPM0P
Will Hodgkinson has written for the Guardian, Mojo, and the Daily Telegraph, among other publications. He lives with his wife and two children in London.
Publisher: Da Capo Press

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