Examines the life and career of electric guitarist Jimi Hendrix, discussing his rise to fame, the mysteries surrounding his death, and his musical influence and legacy.
This book describes the life of Les Paul, who taught himself to play the harmonica and who invented the Les Paul Gibson guitars, the solid wood block guitars, and the sound-on-sound that recorded layer over layer of music and voices.
Traces the evolution of the guitar in jazz history and presents biographical profiles of the world's greatest jazz guitarists from the early 1900s to the present.
Traces the history and development of the guitar, providing information on where it was created, how it has been used throughout history, what it means in different cultures, and other related topics.
Examines the life and career of Les Paul, discussing his work as a performer, and looking at his contributions to music as an inventor of sound-on-sound tracks, and as the creator of signature guitars.
