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Instruments of desire : the electric guitar and the shaping of musical experience / Steve Waksman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Havard University Press, 1999.Description: x, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 067400065X (cl. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • ML1015.G9 W24 1999
Contents:
Playing with sound : Charlie Christian, the electric guitar, and the Swing Era -- Pure tones and solid bodies : Les Paul's new sound -- Mister Guitar : Chet Atkins and the Nashville sound -- Racial distortions : Muddy Waters, Chuch Berry, and the electric guitar in Black popular music -- Black sound, black body : Jimi Hendrix, the electric guitar, and the meanings of blackness -- Kick out the jams : the MC5 and the politics of noise -- Heavy music : cock rock, colonialism, and Led Zeppelin.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library Music Pocket Library Books & Scores ML1015.G9W24 1999 1 Available 33710000866876

Includes Discography (p. [320]-323), bibliographical references (p. [324]-367) and index.

Playing with sound : Charlie Christian, the electric guitar, and the Swing Era -- Pure tones and solid bodies : Les Paul's new sound -- Mister Guitar : Chet Atkins and the Nashville sound -- Racial distortions : Muddy Waters, Chuch Berry, and the electric guitar in Black popular music -- Black sound, black body : Jimi Hendrix, the electric guitar, and the meanings of blackness -- Kick out the jams : the MC5 and the politics of noise -- Heavy music : cock rock, colonialism, and Led Zeppelin.

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