Black Tooth Grin

Author: Zac Crain
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0786748028
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 339

Book Description
Black Tooth Grin is the first biography of "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, the Texas-bred guitarist of the heavy metal band Pantera, who was murdered onstage in 2004 by a deranged fan-24 years to the day after John Lennon met a similar fate.Darrell Abbott began as a Kiss-inspired teenage prodigy who won dozens of local talent contests. With his brother, drummer Vinnie Abbott, he formed Pantera, becoming one of the most popular bands of the '90s and selling millions of albums to an intensely devoted fan base. While the band's music was aggressive, "Dime" was outgoing, gregarious, and adored by everyone who knew him. From Pantera's heyday to their implosion following singer Phil Anselmo's heroin addiction to Darrell's tragic end, Black Tooth Grin is a moving portrait of a great artist.

How I Became a Freak

Author: Richard Brightfield
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN: 9780836820720
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
After being turned into a horrible monster at a carnival house of mirrors, the reader must make plot choices that determine whether or not the freak returns to normal.

Fiddling Around the World

Author: Mary Ann Harbar Willis
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610655370
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 113

Book Description
Play along with a lively Irish session, a spirited Ukrainian hopak, a tantalizing Arabic belly dance, a famous Italian tarantella, a joyous Klezmer hora, and over 50 other international favorites! This definitive book/CD sampler features vibrant folk music from North America, the British Isles, Western and Eastern Europe, and the Middle East. the text combines clear explanations of authentic ornaments, bowings, and rhythms with fun tunes which are comfortable and easy to learn. the music includes chord symbols and some twin fiddling harmonies. the book also includes a helpful Quick Reference Key and Glossary of musical symbols and terms, as well as performance notes for each of the 58 songs. the included compact disc provides accompaniment for all of the tunes. By the author of bestseller Gypsy Violin, this outstanding intermediate-level collection is a must for handling assorted ethnic requests, or exploring ethnic styles.

Complete Country Blues Guitar Book

Author: Stefan Grossman
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610658736
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
This comprehensive book has 260 pages and over 50 fingerpicking guitar solos in notation and tablature in country blues, Delta blues, ragtime blues, Texas blues and bottleneck styles. An extremely comprehensive blues solo collection.Includes access to online audio

Full Ratchet

Author: Mike Cooper
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101622733
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 415

Book Description
In Die Hard style, Silas Cade takes his atypical brand of "auditing" from Wall Street to Main Street Fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp will want to add Silas Cade to their lineup. Cade, the tough-guy auditor antihero introduced in Clawback, employs a brand of financial reform that comes with plenty of firepower. Needing a respite from Wall Street, Cade jumps at a job opportunity in western Pennsylvania—but finds that Main Street is just as dirty. The job seems easy enough—check out a Pittsburgh manufacturer and file a report—but Cade quickly discovers corruption at every level. His revelations catch the attentions of hair-trigger Russian mobsters and a blonde assassin named Harmony. Cade’s estranged brother is dragged into the fray as the tension builds to bullet-riddled showdowns across defunct steel mills, forests, and Appalachian fracking fields. Cooper again delivers a timely plot involving Wall Street greed, financial corruption, and the plight of blue-collar workers.

Irish Music for Flatpicking Guitar Made Easy

Author: Philip John Berthoud
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610653580
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 41

Book Description
An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland, arranged for easy flatpicking guitar. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as guitar tablature. an accompanying CD contains all the tunes, played at a manageable speed, with guitar accompaniment.The collection contains airs, well known songs, polkas, slip jigs, slides, double jigs, hornpipes and reels, all of which are specially arranged by the author with the beginning/intermediate guitarist in mind. on the CD, the tunes are played 2 or 3 times, so you can really get into the feel of the tune, when playing along. the speed of the tunes is quite slow, but not so slow as to take away from the essential feel of the music.Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. the haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to be discovered in this selection of great traditional music.

Love Rules

Author: Marilyn Reynolds
Publisher: Morning Glory Press (CA)
ISBN: 9781885356765
Category : Best friends
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Lynn experiences surprise, discomfort, and a new awareness of prejudices and stereotyping when her best friend Kit comes out as a lesbian.

Like a Bullet of Light

Author: C. P. Lee
Publisher: Helter Skelter Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Using Archive research and fresh interviews, CP Lee, author of the highly acclaimed Like The Night, traces Dylan's celluloid obsession from his teenage adulation of James Dean through his involvement in groundbreaking documnetaries like Don't Look Back and his enigmatic appearance in Peckinpah's Pat Garratt and Billy The Kid before looking in depth at Dylan produced movies like Renaldo and Clara, and Hearts on Fire. Also includes a full analysis of all Dylan's appearances in Film and TV.

Creature Features

Author: William Schoell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
"Topics are dragons, dinosaurs, and prehistoric or mythological giants from 1953's The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms; "big bug" flicks, with 1954's Them; ordinary animals grown to improbable proportions in 1955's It Came from Beneath the Sea; animals that threaten mankind including 1963's The Birds; blobs and other beasts such as 1958's The Blob"--Provided by publisher.

Guitar World Presents Dimebag Darrell's Riffer Madness

Author: Dimebag Darrell
Publisher: Guitar World Presents
ISBN: 9780769291017
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Metal is back! Dimebag Darrell is a walking textbook of modern metal guitar techniques, liberally spraying bone-crushing power chords, dissonant intervals, tremolo arm insanity, and a shredding lead voice worthy of the masters. Now all metal guitarists can go behind the scenes with Dimebag and Pantera. Here, he teaches the patterns and techniques that have driven Pantera to become one of the most successful heavy metal bands in rock history. A must-have, this book will go down in metal history as a classic.