The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends (eBook)

The Players and Guitars That Shaped the Music

Pete Prown (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2024
192 Seiten
Motorbooks (Verlag)
978-0-7603-8757-3 (ISBN)

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Sure to strike a chord with guitarists and blues fans, this authoritative and photo-filled volume includes over 150 of the genre's greatest players and performers from the prewar era to present.From blues pioneers like Robert Johnson, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Memphis Minnie to today's hottest guitar slingers such as Derek Trucks, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Clark Jr., and Samantha Fish, The Ultimate Book of Blues Guitar Legends is your guide to the instruments and musicians that made blues a cornerstone of American culture and the very foundation of rock and roll. Author and guitar journalist Pete Prown presents his subjects by blues-defining eras and subgenres, including: early acoustic and country blues, Chicago blues, the British Invasion, blues rock, and more.Prown's knowledgeable discussions examine specific noteworthy guitars each player made famous, as well as effects pedals, amplifiers, and career overviews that include the players' first-person revelations and insights.Illustrated with photos of the guitarists in action, the book also features sidebars on influencers who were pioneers of various styles and subgenres, techniques like slide guitar, blues jargon, and influential women who helped shape the blues.Guitarists profiled include:Robert JohnsonSon HouseT-Bone WalkerClarence ';Gatemouth' BrownLightnin' HopkinsB. B. KingFreddie KingAlbert KingAlbert CollinsOtis RushBuddy GuyJohn Lee HookerMississippi John HurtMuddy WatersHowlin' WolfBrian JonesKeith RichardsMichael BloomfieldEric ClaptonJimi HendrixPeter GreenJeff BeckJimmy PageMick TaylorAlvin LeeDuane AllmanDickey BettsJohnny WinterRoy BuchananCarlos SantanaBilly F GibbonsRory GallagherLowell GeorgeRobin TrowerStevie Ray VaughanJimmie VaughanRobert CrayBonnie RaittGary MooreKenny Wayne ShepherdJonny LangSonny LandrethWarren HaynesDerek TrucksJoe BonamassaGary Clark Jr.Christone Ingram

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.10.2024
• Zusatzinfo: color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Schlagworte: African American • Albert Collins • Albert King • alvin lee • bandmate • band member • BB King • Big Bill Broonzy • Big Joe Williams • billy f gibbons • billy gibbons • bio • Biography • Black • blind black • Blind Boy Fuller • Blind Lemon Jefferson • Blind Willie McTell • Bluesbreakers • blues guitarists • Bo Diddley • bonnie raitt • books about • Brownie McGhee • Buddy Guy • Bukka White • Carlos Santana • Carl Perkins • Charley Patton • Chicago • Chuck Berry • Clarence Gatemouth Brown • coffee table • Country • Crossroads • danny gatton • Derek Trucks • dickey betts • Duane Allman • elizabeth cotten • Elmore James • Eric Clapton • Fender • FOR • freddie king • fred mcdowell • furry lewis • gary clark jr • Gary Moore • Gibson • Gift • Grateful Dead • Howlin Wolf • Influence • James Burton • jb hutto • Jeff Beck • jerry garcia • Jimi Hendrix • Jimmie Vaughan • jimmie vaughn • Jimmy Page • Jimmy Reed • jimmy vaughn • joe bonamassa • John Lee Hooker • John Mayall • Johnny Winter • jonny lang • jorma kaukonen • junior kimbrough • Keith Richards • kenny wayne shepherd • Leadbelly • Lead Belly • Leslie West • Les Paul • Life • lightnin hopkins • link wray • lonnie mack • lowell george • Lynyrd Skynyrd • matt guitar murphy • Memphis Minnie • Michael Bloomfield • Mick Taylor • Mississippi • Mississippi John Hurt • Muddy Waters • Music History • musician • otis rush • Peter Green • Piedmont Blues • present • Profiles • Resonator • Robby Krieger • Robert Cray • Robert Johnson • robert randolph • Robin Trower • Rock and Roll • Rock n Roll • Rolling Stones • Rory Gallagher • Rosetta Tharpe • roy buchanan • Ry Cooder • samantha fish • Sister • Skip James • sleepy john estes • Slide Guitar • slim harpo • Son House • Sonny Terry • southern • Steve Cropper • Stevie Ray Vaughan • Stevie Ray Vaughn • Story • Taj Mahal • t bone walker • Texas • the south • Urban • Warren Haynes • West Coast • Yardbirds • ZZ Top
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-8757-5 / 0760387575
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-8757-3 / 9780760387573