Between the Strings: The Secret Lives of Guitars - Softcover

Schroeter, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097497370X ISBN 13: 9780974973708

Publisher: Mel Bay Pubns, 2004

Synopsis

BETWEEN THE STRINGS: THE SECRET LIVES OF GUITARS is a collection of more than one-hundred selected short stories, each with a guitar at its center. A veritable compendium of the world's greatest guitarists, from BB to ZZ (B.B. King to ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons, that is), the stories are inspiring, uplifting, illuminating, humorous, stirring, and edifying. Some of the stories are simply entertaining in the way they take unexpected twists and turns. Others are biographical. Many involve a guitar that was received, given away, lost, stolen, recovered, offered to its player a special song, or was pivotal in a personal relationship or life experience. Each of these stories reveals something of the human spirit, as well as something of the supernatural that sometimes makes its way into our ordinary, everyday existence. But in every case, the variety of experiences, settings, and remarkable outcomes are linked by the common celebration of life with the guitar. There is so much more to music than meets the ears. To discover that, one needs only to read "between the strings." FEATURES: Les Paul, Don McLean, George Benson, Andy Griffith, Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), Peter Frampton, Doc Watson, Christopher Parkening, Eric Johnson, Earl Klugh, Jack White (White Stripes), Rick Derringer, Taj Mahal, Chet Atkins more than 100 artists in all.

About this title

About the Author

John Schroeter is the founding publisher of Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine, and the creator of a line of solo guitar books published in cooperation with Mel Bay Publications. He is also an award-winning producer of audiophile-quality acoustic recordings.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mel Bay Pubns
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 097497370X
• ISBN 13: 9780974973708
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352