A perfectly good guitar : musicians on their favorite instruments
Ask guitar players about their instruments, and you're likely to get a story--where the guitar came from, or what makes it unique, or why the player will never part with it. Most guitarists have strong feelings about their primary tool, and some are downright passionate about their axes. Chuck Holley is a professional photographer and writer who loves music and listening to musicians talk about their trade. For several years, he has been photographing guitarists with their prized instruments and collecting their stories. This beautifully illustrated book presents these stories in revelatory photographs and words. The guitarists included in this book range from high-profile performers, including Rosanne Cash, Guy Clark, Laurence Juber, Jorma Kaukonen, JD Souther, Bill Frisell, Dave Alvin, and Kelly Willis, to renowned studio musicians and band members. Holley's beautifully composed photographs portray them with their favorite guitar, including detail shots of the instrument. Accompanying the photographs are the musicians' stories about the Gibsons, Fenders, Martins, and others that have become the guitar in their lives, the one that has a special lineage or intangible qualities of sustain, tone, clarity, and comfort that make it irreplaceable. Several musicians talk about how the guitar chose them, while others recount stories of guitars lost or stolen and then serendipitously recovered. Together, these photographs and stories underscore the great pleasure of performing with an instrument that's become a trusted friend with a personality all its own.
A National Steel among the hopi dolls / Dave Alvin
The red 355 / Ray Benson
The gig and the job / Toronzo Cannon
Something perfect / Rosanne Cash
Risen from the ashes / Cindy Cashdollar
A chunk of wood / Guy Clark
The great mistake / Joanna Connor
All the best, Tom T. Hall / Peter Copper
Blacka and the bandit / Dan Dugmore
The mouse / Tommy Emmanuel
Thousands of songs / Alejandro Escovedo
One night at the Continental / Denny Freeman
Old wood / Bill Frisell
The Goya and the Gibson / Eliza Gilkyson
Number 7 / John Hammond
Sara Jane's tune / David Holt
The new old Nocaster / Bill Hullett
The wonders of the Galaxie / Cornell Hurd
An education in the blues / Daniel Ivankovich
The Django mystery / John Jorgenson
Clipped wings / Laurence Juber
Not vintage, just old / Jorma Kaukonen
Three new heads and five new handles / Bill Kirchen
The Strat under the bed / Sonny Landreth
Doc's Martin / Jack Lawrence
Twenty bucks well spent / Greg Leisz
One guitar, one thousand gigs / John Leventhal
The S80 Telecaster / Dave Malone
More than just a guitar / Rob McNelly
A rare find / Lisa Morales
A good kind of worn / Scrappy Jud Newcomb
Nothing like a Don / Johnny Nicholas
Curtis Ray's lap steel / James Pennebaker
Mi jarana / Louie Pérez
Connected up, Austin style / Casper Rawls
A good guitar is a good guitar / G.E. Smith
A long way in a short time / JD Souther
Clarence White's '54 Tele / Marty Stuart
The first and the last / Dan Tyminski
That good Buck Owens sound / Redd Volkaert
The best deal ever / Waddy Wachtel
A catalog guitar / Dustin Welch
Little sister / Kevin Welch
Something that matters / Kelly Willis
One guitar for the rest of your life / Jamie Lin Wilson
Patty the blueshawk / Carolyn Wonderland.
The red 355 / Ray Benson
The gig and the job / Toronzo Cannon
Something perfect / Rosanne Cash
Risen from the ashes / Cindy Cashdollar
A chunk of wood / Guy Clark
The great mistake / Joanna Connor
All the best, Tom T. Hall / Peter Copper
Blacka and the bandit / Dan Dugmore
The mouse / Tommy Emmanuel
Thousands of songs / Alejandro Escovedo
One night at the Continental / Denny Freeman
Old wood / Bill Frisell
The Goya and the Gibson / Eliza Gilkyson
Number 7 / John Hammond
Sara Jane's tune / David Holt
The new old Nocaster / Bill Hullett
The wonders of the Galaxie / Cornell Hurd
An education in the blues / Daniel Ivankovich
The Django mystery / John Jorgenson
Clipped wings / Laurence Juber
Not vintage, just old / Jorma Kaukonen
Three new heads and five new handles / Bill Kirchen
The Strat under the bed / Sonny Landreth
Doc's Martin / Jack Lawrence
Twenty bucks well spent / Greg Leisz
One guitar, one thousand gigs / John Leventhal
The S80 Telecaster / Dave Malone
More than just a guitar / Rob McNelly
A rare find / Lisa Morales
A good kind of worn / Scrappy Jud Newcomb
Nothing like a Don / Johnny Nicholas
Curtis Ray's lap steel / James Pennebaker
Mi jarana / Louie Pérez
Connected up, Austin style / Casper Rawls
A good guitar is a good guitar / G.E. Smith
A long way in a short time / JD Souther
Clarence White's '54 Tele / Marty Stuart
The first and the last / Dan Tyminski
That good Buck Owens sound / Redd Volkaert
The best deal ever / Waddy Wachtel
A catalog guitar / Dustin Welch
Little sister / Kevin Welch
Something that matters / Kelly Willis
One guitar for the rest of your life / Jamie Lin Wilson
Patty the blueshawk / Carolyn Wonderland.
Item details
- ISBN: 1477312579
- ISBN: 9781477312575
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Physical Description:
xii, 196 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Contents / Notes
Formatted Contents Note: | A National Steel among the hopi dolls / Dave Alvin The red 355 / Ray Benson The gig and the job / Toronzo Cannon Something perfect / Rosanne Cash Risen from the ashes / Cindy Cashdollar A chunk of wood / Guy Clark The great mistake / Joanna Connor All the best, Tom T. Hall / Peter Copper Blacka and the bandit / Dan Dugmore The mouse / Tommy Emmanuel Thousands of songs / Alejandro Escovedo One night at the Continental / Denny Freeman Old wood / Bill Frisell The Goya and the Gibson / Eliza Gilkyson Number 7 / John Hammond Sara Jane's tune / David Holt The new old Nocaster / Bill Hullett The wonders of the Galaxie / Cornell Hurd An education in the blues / Daniel Ivankovich The Django mystery / John Jorgenson Clipped wings / Laurence Juber Not vintage, just old / Jorma Kaukonen Three new heads and five new handles / Bill Kirchen The Strat under the bed / Sonny Landreth Doc's Martin / Jack Lawrence Twenty bucks well spent / Greg Leisz One guitar, one thousand gigs / John Leventhal The S80 Telecaster / Dave Malone More than just a guitar / Rob McNelly A rare find / Lisa Morales A good kind of worn / Scrappy Jud Newcomb Nothing like a Don / Johnny Nicholas Curtis Ray's lap steel / James Pennebaker Mi jarana / Louie Pérez Connected up, Austin style / Casper Rawls A good guitar is a good guitar / G.E. Smith A long way in a short time / JD Souther Clarence White's '54 Tele / Marty Stuart The first and the last / Dan Tyminski That good Buck Owens sound / Redd Volkaert The best deal ever / Waddy Wachtel A catalog guitar / Dustin Welch Little sister / Kevin Welch Something that matters / Kelly Willis One guitar for the rest of your life / Jamie Lin Wilson Patty the blueshawk / Carolyn Wonderland. |
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