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ISBN
9780306815140
Book Title
Guitar Man : a Six-String Odyssey, Or, You Love That Guitar more than You Love Me
Publisher
Hachette Books
Item Length
8.5 in
Publication Year
2006
Format
Perfect
Language
English
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Will Hodgkinson
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Musical Instruments / Guitar, Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'NB, Cultural Heritage, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Width
5.6 in
Number of Pages
304 Pages

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Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0306815141
ISBN-13
9780306815140
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57058581

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Book Title
Guitar Man : a Six-String Odyssey, Or, You Love That Guitar more than You Love Me
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Musical Instruments / Guitar, Genres & Styles / Soul & R 'NB, Cultural Heritage, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Music, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Will Hodgkinson
Format
Perfect

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Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.6 in

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The guitar is the iconic instrument of modern popular music. It is portable, it has history, and it will always be hip. But why has the guitar become such a classic? Will Hodgkinson, a wannabe guitar player, whose only experience was an afternoon's bashing on a friend's guitar at the age of sixteen, set out to find out. Along the way he hoped to teach himself a few chords too. His goal was to get good enough to play before a live audience in just six months--even if it threatened to drive his wife and family to the point of insanity. His trip becomes an odyssey: He chats with British folk legend Bert Jansch, ex-Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr, and reclusive folk guitar legend Davey Graham, as well as Sufjan Stevens, PJ Harvey, and Cat Power's chanteuse Chan Marshall. He travels to America and with a hurricane brewing visits Roger McGuinn from the Byrds. He travels to the Deep South, looking for the spirit of Robert Johnson, and drops in on T-Model Ford, an old bluesman living in Mississippi. Gloriously readable and highly amusing, Guitar Man is classic obsessional nonfiction for a nation of guitar freaks., The guitar is the iconic instrument of modern popular music. It is portable, it has history, and it will always be hip. But why has the guitar become such a classic? Will Hodgkinson, a wannabe guitar player, whose only experience was an afternoon's bashing on a friend's guitar at the age of sixteen, set out to find out. Along the way he hoped to teach himself a few chords too. His goal was to get good enough to play before a live audience in just six months- even if it threatened to drive his wife and family to the point of insanity. His trip becomes an odyssey: He chats with British folk legend Bert Jansch, ex-Smith's guitarist Johnny Marr, and reclusive folk guitar legend Davey Graham, as well as Sufjan Stevens, PJ Harvey, and Cat Power's chanteuse Chan Marshall. He travels to America and with a hurricane brewing visits Roger McGuinn from the Byrds. He travels to the Deep South, looking for the spirit of Robert Johnson, and drops in on T-Model Ford, an old bluesman living in Mississippi. Gloriously readable and highly amusing, Guitar Man is classic obsessional nonfiction for a nation of guitar freaks., Hodgkinson, a wannabe guitar player, embarks on an odyssey to discover why the guitar is an iconic instrument. Along the way, he chats with British folk legend Bert Jansch, ex-Smiths' guitarist Johnny Marr, reclusive folk guitar legend Davey Graham, and travels to the Deep South, looking for the spirit of Robert Johnson.

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  • by foxsong
    10 Aug, 2008

    Great read for both guitarists and would-be guitarists

    Will Hodgkinson recounts the tale of his first forays into playing the guitar with humor and humility. New players will find a friend in Hodgkinson as he documents the joys and frustrations of learning the instrument, and longtime guitarists will harken back to their earlier years and feel reinspired -- and both will learn a great deal about the instrument itself and its intriguing history. Highly recommended!

  • by magicbrandfas
    26 Jun, 2008

    Great story

    Very well written about a guy that has never played guitar and gives himself 6 months to learn how to play and then perform on stage. Any guitarist can relate to this story which is filled with humour and lots of guitar history. A very fun read.

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