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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A picture book biography of American inventor Leo Fender. Leo loved to tinker and take things apart and put them back together again. His inventions--which included the Telecaster and the Stratocaster electric guitars--would inspire the rock-n-roll generation and go on to amplify the talents of many legendary guitarists." --
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In California in the early '50s, the Fender company introduced the world's first electric bass guitar. They couldn't have known known it then, but the Precision Bass would start a revolution in the sound of popular music. This book explains how that revolution happened and how its reverberations are still felt today. The two-guitars-bass-and-drums lineup that would define pop music found its heart with the Fender bass. In the coming decades, the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This book presents the authentic stories of American DIY music, with step-by-step projects, photo studies of antique instruments, interviews with music legends, and historical accounts. Shane Speal, the King of the Cigar Box Guitar, shows how anyone can build amazing musical instruments from found items"--
8) The birth of loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the guitar-pioneering rivalry that shaped rock 'n' roll
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A riveting saga in the history of rock 'n' roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar's amplified sound--Leo Fender and Les Paul--and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.
"In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into the primordial elements of rock 'n' roll--and these louder styles...
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
All the pretty little horses - Amazing grace - Amazing grace (for two guitars) - Aura Lee - Bad man ballad - Barbara Allen - Beautiful dreamer - Billy Boy - Black-eyed Susie (for two guitars) - Black is the colour - Blood-stained Banders - Blow the man down - Blue tail fly - Brother John - Buffalo Gals - Campdown Races - Careless love - Charlie is my darling - Clementine - Cumberland Gap - Deep River - Down by the Riversde - Down in the valley - Go,...
Author
Series
Groovy Joe volume 2
Language
English
Description
Groovy Joe is a guitar-playing dog who loves to sing and dance, and when many other dogs come and join him his home gets a little crowded, but the party is fun, and Joe is definitely a guitar hero.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Receiving a mysterious guitar the night before she leaves the city to live with her mom and new stepdad, Lou believes that if she learns how to play it, she can bring a piece of her old life home.
From award-winning author Sara Zarr comes a story of the small moments that show us who we are, and how family is not just something you're part of, but something you make. Lou and her family don't have much, but for Lou it's enough. Mom. Her sister, Casey....
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Nick and his robot pal Nack love to build things. As they make instruments in this Level 1 Highlights Puzzle Reader, kids can find supplies in Hidden Pictures scenes that double as picture support for the simple story text, which is full of repeated words. With bonus craft directions, Nick and Nack Make Music will appeal to junior makers who are just discovering reading." --Amazon.com.
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
This step-by-step book, which includes 2 audio CDs and a DVD, takes you from your first day of exercises to playing full songs with a backing track. Includes full-color photographs and video instruction, practical advice and tips, and the easel-back book enables the book to stand up on any flat surface.
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