Hot Wired Guitar: The Life of Jeff Beck

Author: Martin Power
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783233869
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 618

Book Description
This new, revised edition of Hot Wired Guitar brings Beck's story bang up to date, from his adventures at The White House in December 2012 with Mick Jagger and US President Barack Obama, to touring the world with Beach Boy Brian Wilson and the 2014 release of Jeff's latest solo disc.The definitive account of Jeff Beck's journey from his childhood in 1940s South London to the world-wide success of 2010's album Emotion and Commotion and beyond. Author Martin Power has talked to former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty as well as manager Simon Napier-Bell and fellow musicians including Max Middleton, Stanley Clarke, Simon Phillips, Jimmy Hall, Mo Foster, Doug Wimbish and many others. Supported by full album reviews, rare photographs and an up-to-date discography, Hot Wired Guitar is the most complete and comprehensive account of the life and times of Jeff Beck, the man who took the electric guitar and showed the world just what could be done with just six strings and 'one hell of an attitude'.

No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page

Author: Martin Power
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 1783235365
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 743

Book Description
Jimmy Page; the mastermind behind Led Zeppelin; their leader, producer, principal songwriter and guitarist. Page has not only shaped the sound of rock music for generations but also created an artistic legacy few others will ever attain. The Omnibus enhanced No Quarter: The Three Lives of Jimmy Page dissects the life and times of this legendary guitar hero and his journey from unassuming session musician to the record-setting king of guitar showmanship. This Omnibus enhanced digital edition includes an interactive Digital Timeline of Jimmy’s life, allowing you to experience his creative genius through music, images and video. Links to curated playlists for each chapter also allow you to surround yourself with the music of Jimmy Page and all the influences that surrounded him. Using new and exclusive interviews, researched through candid conversations with Jimmy Page's friends, managers and musical collaborators, author Martin Power's No Quarter: The Three Lives Of Jimmy Page is a rich and insightful exploration of this mysterious, mythical figure. This work represents the most comprehensive and up-to-date biography ever written about Jimmy Page – The "one-man guitar army".

Jeff Beck

Author: Dave Rubin
Publisher: Guitar Signature Licks
ISBN: 9781423494485
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Signature Licks Guitar). Take a deep breath and jump into the guitar adventure that is Jeff Beck. This exclusive book/CD pack features in-depth analysis of the songs and solos that highlight his incredible career, from the Yardbirds to his landmark jazz-fusion albums to present day. Ten songs are analyzed, including: Beck's Bolero * Big Block * Cause We've Ended as Lovers * A Day in the Life * El Becko * Freeway Jam * Goodbye Pork Pie Hat * Led Boots * Over Under Sideways Down * Rock My Plimsoul.

Jeff Beck - Wired (Songbook)

Author: Jeff Beck
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458439402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Matching the 1976 album, this collection features 8 jazz-rock fusion instrumentals. Includes Beck's praised interpretation of the Mingus classic "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat," and these other tracks from the legendary guitarist: Blue Wind * Come Dancing * Head for Backstage Pass * Led Boots * Love Is Green * Play with Me * Sophie.

Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower

Author: Dan Muise
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780634029561
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 310

Book Description
"Rory Gallagher, Steve Marriott, Rick Derringer and Robin Trower are legends. The glue behind legendary barn-burning, hard-touring outfits like Taste, The Small Faces, Humble Pie, Johnny Winter, The Edgar Winter Group and Procol Harem, and later realizing their full potentials as solo artists, this is the first biography of four players whose dedication to music and virtuosity has been inspirational to a generation of fans and admirers." -- Back cover.

Jeff Beck

Author: Annette Carson
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9780879306328
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
(Book). The definitive, unauthorized biography of Jeff Beck! This well-researched, enlightening book positions Jeff Beck's astonishing achievements like the pioneering of feedback within the musical climate of the times. Chronicling his incarnations before and with the Yardbirds, the Jeff Beck Group and beyond, the book describes in detail: Beck's favored Fender guitars; passion for hot rods; relationships with Rod Stewart, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy and other artists; love of rockabilly; recording collaborations ranging from Donovan to Tina Turner; landmark solo and instrumental work; and much more. Includes a wealth of personal, musical and historical detail, great photos, and a comprehensive discography.

Guitar Tone

Author: Mitch Gallagher
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9781435456150
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book explores all the guitar gear and examines the approaches famous players take to achieve their distinctive tones--vintage and new, boutique and mainstream, modern and retro. Along the way, "Guitar Tone" attempts to sort out the facts versus the myths versus the opinions and explores how each component contributes to the overall tone of our guitars and other gear.

Buddy Guy Anthology (Songbook)

Author: Buddy Guy
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458444392
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 403

Book Description
(Guitar Recorded Versions). Contains 20 of the bluesmaster's classics transcribed note for note with tab: Damn Right, I've Got the Blues * First Time I Met the Blues * Five Long Years * I Smell a Rat * Leave My Girl Alone * Let Me Love You Baby * Midnight Train * My Time After Awhile * She Suits Me to a Tee * Stone Crazy * and more.

Led Zeppelin

Author: Bob Spitz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399562443
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 721

Book Description
“In this authoritative, unsparing history of the biggest rock group of the 1970s, Spitz delivers inside details and analysis with his well-known gift for storytelling.” —PEOPLE From the author of the iconic, bestselling history of The Beatles, the definitive account of arguable the greatest rock band of all time. Rock star. Whatever that term means to you, chances are it owes a debt to Led Zeppelin. No one before or since has lived the dream quite like Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham. In Led Zeppelin, Bob Spitz takes their full measure, separating myth from reality with his trademark connoisseurship and storytelling flair. From the opening notes of their first album, the band announced itself as something different, a collision of grand artistic ambition and brute primal force, of English folk music and African American blues. Spitz’s account of their artistic journey, amid the fascinating ecosystem of popular music, is irresistible. But the music is only part of the legend: Led Zeppelin is also the story of how the sixties became the seventies, of how innocence became decadence, of how rock took over. Led Zeppelin wasn’t the first band to let loose on the road, but as with everything else, they took it to an entirely new level. Not all the legends are true, but in Spitz’s careful accounting, what is true is astonishing and sometimes disturbing. Led Zeppelin gave no quarter, and neither has Bob Spitz. Led Zeppelin is the long-awaited full reckoning the band richly deserves.

This Day in Music

Author: Neil Cossar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783055104
Category : Rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
Births, deaths and marriages, No1 singles, drug busts and arrests, famous gigs and awards... all these and much more appear in this fascinating 50 year almanac.Using a page for every day of the calendar year, the author records a variety of rock and pop events that took place on a given day of the month across the years.This Day in Music is fully illustrated with hundreds of pictures, cuttings and album covers, making this the must-have book for any pop music fan.