The Guitar Players by James Sallis
The guitar and American music are inexorably intertwined. In this book, the author notes that 'American music was built on the backs of black slaves'. It shows how folk music and a cross-fertilization of traditions and techniques resulted in blues, ragtime, jazz, rock 'n' roll, and country-western.
"In addition to useful biographical information on such players as Lonnie Johnson, Riley Puckett, Charlie Christian and Wes Montgomery, there are insights into the developments of jazz, bluegrass, rockabilly and blues as seen through the eyes of guitar players. . . A genuinely enjoyable volume."—Jazz Guitar Online
"As James Sallis demonstrates, our best guitarists are a breed apart-autodidactic, wildly inventive, obsessed. . . . Sallis has written a highly entertaining, anecdotal survey that says much about the glories of American know-how."—Gary Giddins, author of Riding on a Blue Note and Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
"As James Sallis demonstrates, our best guitarists are a breed apart-autodidactic, wildly inventive, obsessed. . . . Sallis has written a highly entertaining, anecdotal survey that says much about the glories of American know-how."—Gary Giddins, author of Riding on a Blue Note and Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker
James Sallis, who grew up in Helena, Arkansas, a town with a history of blues activity, is a free-lance writer. The Long-Legged Fly was named one of the best mysteries of the year by the Los Angeles Times. Moth is his second novel to feature the black New Orleans detective Lew Griffin.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803292253 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803292252 |
| Title | The Guitar Players |
| Author | James Sallis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 1994-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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