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The guitar players : one instrument and its masters in American music
Author
Title
The guitar players : one instrument and its masters in American music / James Sallis.
ISBN
0803292252
9780803292253
Published
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1994.
Physical Description
288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 4726: Number line: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on title page verso indicates 1st printing. Paperbound. Presentation inscription from James Sallis to Chip (Samuel R. Delany), dated Feb. 94, New Orleans. From the library of Samuel R. Delany.
Notes
Includes index.
Reprint. Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, 1982.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 16, 2020
Contents
Mississippi sheiks: the bluesmen
Mr. Johnson's blues: Lonnie Johnson
The genius of Sal Massaro: Eddie Lang
The wizard of the strings: Roy Smeck
Charlie's guitar: Charlie Christian
King of the Hillbillies: Riley Puckett
Daddy of the blues: T-Bone Walker
Further adventures of Captain Guitar: George Barnes
Jazz winds from a new direction: Hank Garland
Apostasy: Wes Montgomery
Carryin' it on: Michael Bloomfield
Currents: Ry Cooder, Ralph Towne, Lenny Breau.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Also listed under
Samuel R. Delany Library (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library). Literary Contacts Library.
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