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Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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"Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, the best-selling author of Shout! delivers a compelling new biography of the legendary guitarist. Celebrated as the most innovative guitarist ever to play, Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) is renowned for symphonic solos and virtuosic picking (sometimes, with his teeth). But, as Philip Norman describes, before Hendrix was setting guitars aflame onstage, he was a shy kid in Seattle, plucking...
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Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
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Description
When she discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her, Sydney, a college student, must decide what to do next. She becomes captivated by her mysterious neighbor Ridge, and can't stop listening to the passionate way he plays his guitar every evening out on his balcony. They soon find themselves needing each other in more ways than one.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Da Capo Press ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 280 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
According to Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and the late Stevie Ray Vaughn, Buddy Guy is the greatest blues guitarist of all time. An enormous influence on these musicians as well as on Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, he is the living embodiment of Chicago blues. Guy's epic story stands at the absolute nexus of modern blues. He came to Chicago from rural Louisiana in the fifties—the very moment when urban blues were electrifying our culture....
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Description
The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an Epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, Foreword by drummer Chris Layton, and Aterword by bassist Tommy Shannon. Despite the cinematic scope of Vaughan's life and death, there has never been a truly proper accounting of his story--until now. now.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
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"For half a century Eric Clapton has been acknowledged to be one of music's greatest virtuosos, the unrivaled master of an indispensable tool, the solid-body electric guitar. His career has spanned the history of rock, and often shaped it via the seminal bands with whom he's played: the Yardbirds, John Mavall's Bluesbreakers, Cream, Blind Faith, Derek and the Dominoes. Winner of 17 Grammys, the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame's only three-time inductee,...
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English
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Coming across an old list of things she wanted to do "maybe one of these days," Maggie decides to live life to the fullest and accomplish these dreams, and, keeping Ridge updated on her adventures, unwittingly causes a rift in Ridge and Sydney's relationship.