"Every guitar player will want to read this book twice. And even the
casual music fan will find a thrilling narrative that weaves together
cultural history, musical history, race, politics, business case
studies, advertising, and technological discovery." —Daniel Levitin, Wall Street Journal
For generations the electric guitar has been an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism. In Play It Loud,
veteran music journalists Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna bring the
history of this iconic instrument to roaring life. It's a story of
inventors and iconoclasts, of scam artists, prodigies, and mythologizers
as varied and original as the instruments they spawned.
Play It Loud
uses twelve landmark guitars—each of them artistic milestones in their
own right—to illustrate the conflict and passion the instruments have
inspired. It introduces Leo Fender, a man who couldn't play a note but
whose innovations helped transform the guitar into the explosive sound
machine it is today. Some of the most significant social movements of
the twentieth century are indebted to the guitar: It was an essential
element in the fight for racial equality in the entertainment industry; a
mirror to the rise of the teenager as social force; a linchpin of
punk's sound and ethos. And today the guitar has come full circle, with
contemporary titans such as Jack White of The White Stripes, Annie Clark
(aka St. Vincent), and Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys bringing some of
the earliest electric guitar forms back to the limelight.
Featuring
interviews with Les Paul, Keith Richards, Carlos Santana, Eddie Van
Halen, Steve Vai, and dozens more players and creators, Play It Loud is the story of how a band of innovators transformed an idea into a revolution.
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