A Perfectly Good Guitar: Musicians on Their Favorite Instruments
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (708 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1477312579 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-08 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Accompanying the photographs are the musicians' stories about the Gibsons, Fenders, Martins, and others that have become the guitar in their lives, the one that has a special lineage or intangible qualities of sustain, tone, clarity, and comfort that make it irreplaceable. Ask guitar players about their instruments, and you're likely to get a story—where the guitar came from, or what makes it unique, or why the player will never part with it. Several musicians talk about how the guitar chose them, while others recount stories of guitars lost or stolen and then serendipitously recovered. Chuck Holley is a professional photographer and writer who loves music and listening to musicians talk about their trade. For several years, he has been photographing guitarists with their prized instruments and collecting their stories. This beautifully illustrated book presents these stories in revelatory photographs and words.The guitarists included in this book range from high-profile performers, including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Laurence Juber, Jorma Kaukonen, JD Souther, Bill Frisell, Dave Alvin, and Kelly Willis, to r
Dale Montague said A Perfectly Great Book about American Music and Musicians.. I am an avid collector of American music, especially blues, jazz and Bluegrass. This book really makes my collecting life complete. It is gorgeous, it is creative and it is thoughtful. Mr. Holley asked the artists to tell us about one special guitar. These accounts are a sl. Karen Varney said good stuff.. ,,,well writtengood stuff. Randall Schroeder said Don't forget the photography. Chuck Holley takes a unique look at a musician's relationship with the tool of his/her trade: the instrument. As a father of two low brass musicians, I can relate to this idea. That relationship is even stronger between a blues musician, which Holley features, and his/her g
. Chuck Holley has worked as a commercial photographer in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; a general assignment reporter and photographer for a southwest Iowa newspaper; and a photographer for a university
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