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Play It Loud
Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar | Brad Tolinski, Alan di Perna
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An unprecedented history of the electric guitar, its explosive impact on music and culture, and the players and builders who brought it to life 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 guitarseach of them artistic milestones in their own rightto 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. From the Hardcover edition.
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Finally got some more shelves and moved half the records and thought the music lit ought to go with! #music #books #vinyl #shelfie

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An interesting, easy read that does a good job chronicling the history of the electric guitar. Sometimes the authors double back and the timeline gets a little confusing, and they do devote entire chapters to certain guitarists while others are conspicuously absent, but overall it's engaging and authoritative. A good read for anyone with more than a passing interest in popular music. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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How else ought one read about the history of the electric guitar? #music #vinyl #aerosmith #rocks

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