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6 reviews
Dave Hunter, Carl Verheyen

Jawbone Press, 2007

I've died and gone to Fender heaven...
I was amazed and delighted by this book/DVD package. I really didn't know what to expect and just got it on a whim, but wow, I was blown away by it. The book is extremely handy, but the DVD is the really special part of the thing. First off, the video quality is stunning, but beyond that, it's like you have been let in on the most incredible vintage Fender collection and allowed to check ...

Million Dollar Les Paul: In Search Of The Most Valuable Guitar In The World
Tony Bacon

Jawbone Press, 2008

Guitar great Eric Clapton famously featured his Les Paul Standard, which originally sold for $280, on the seminal 1966 Blues Breakers album. But Clapton was only one of many legendary players who made this solid body electric with mahogany body and a three-color sunburst maple top their guitar of choice. In this exciting history, Tony Bacon examines the "burst" phenomenon from every angle. He begins with the "Les Paul Primer," documenting the ...

Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock'n'Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood

8 reviews
Domenic Priore

Jawbone Press, 2007

An ideal addition to personal, academic, and community library 20th Century American Music History reference collections
In 1965 and 1966, the city of Los Angeles saw a sudden burst of rock groups playing in venues on the fabled Sunset Strip. These were bands that included such legendary outfits as The Byrds, The Doors, Love, The Seeds, The Turtles, The Mammas and the Papas, The Standells, and so many others. They appeared with the unexpected suddenness of a comet, then vanished just as swiftly. In "Riot On Sunset ...

Million Dollar Bash: Bob Dylan, The Band, and the Basement Tapes

9 reviews
Sid Griffin

Jawbone Press, 2007

Lost time IS found again!
Finally, someone got around to compiling all the information I needed to know about The Basement Tapes. Obviously, we're never going to know the full story, but Griffin fills the gaps with cheerful conjecture. Griffin's writing really captures the spirit of these recordings. Dylan should have commented, darn him! But he's too busy doing Cadillac commercials I guess. Recommended reading ...

Beatles for Sale: How Everything They Touched Turned to Gold

2 reviews
John Blaney

Jawbone Press, 2008

A top pick not just for popular music collections, but for business libraries as well
This new examination of the history of the Beatles considers just how the Beatles and their manager Brian Epstein pioneered not just their music, but the modern music business itself. From how they promoted and sold records to playing concerts, making films, and setting up their own recording companies, BEATLES FOR SALE provides a very different focus from the many books which have revealed their ...

Classic Electrics
Walter Carter

Jawbone Press, 2008

The Fender Stratocaster. The Gibson Les Paul Standard 1958. The Guild Starfire III. These are just a few of the axes that have earned the moniker "classic." In this entertaining, informative guide, guitar maven Walter Carter gives the lowdown on these and hundreds of other models, with model name and number, finishes, year of manufacture, production period, a wealth of fascinating history, background and trivia, and which artists played — ...

Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records in the Great Years of American Pop Culture

21 reviews
Jac Holzman, Gavan Daws

Jawbone Press, 2000

Top Shelf
One of the best books on the music industry I have ever read. When you read a book about a band or artist, or about an era in music or whatever, what you mostly want is to feel like you were there at the time these people were recording and gigging and just being bands. Follow the Music gives you a first-class seat in Elektra's offices, at its artists' concerts, in rehearsal spaces, in ...

Metal: The Definitive Guide

8 reviews
Garry Sharpe-Young

Jawbone Press, 2007

Awesome book about metal
This book is basically a big thick encyclopedia of different metal bands. The author did a really good job of writing about bands that are purely metal, as opposed to other metal books that just get all ridiculous and have entries on Pearl Jam and Insane Clown Posse, but leave out a lot of important bands. Pretty much every band that should be in here is in here. The only band that I was really ...

Bowie in Berlin: A New Career in a New Town

3 reviews
Thomas Jerome Seabrook

Jawbone Press, 2008

A fabulous book
At the time of publication of Bowie's Berlin production, I was involved with music myself and can attest on the significance/impact/impulse generated by the 3 and a half masterpieces of the epoch (Lust For Life being half a chef d'oeuvre, Lodger none at all). The reading of this book however is my first investment into getting to know the story behind the Berlin adventure. Compared to most ...

Interactive Gibson Bible

1 review
Dave Hunter, Walter Carter

Jawbone Press, 2008

Absolutely marvelous for a tech buff like me!
This is the best Interactive Bible to be printed yet. There are absolutely no pictures of any guitar in the book-part of the book, so to say. I may be slightly mad but I like that there are 108 pages of pure facts about any Gibson ever being built. You will learn what a Gibson guitar looks like and what it sounds like on the DVD-part. What makes this book better than the Fender Interactive is ...

So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Day-by-Day 1965-1973
Christopher Hjort, Joe McMichael

Jawbone Press, 2008

In 1965, the Byrds had a worldwide smash with "Mr. Tambourine Man," hung out with the Beatles, undertook a disastrous tour of Great Britain, and capped the year with a second U.S. hit, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" In 1972, the original lineup reunited for recording purposes, while a different touring Byrds played a final concert in February 1973. In between, they released the groundbreaking "Eight Miles High" single and a clutch of classic albums despite ...

Call of the Forbidden Way
Robert Owings

Jawbone Nation Press, 2007

Carson Reynolds heads off on another routine documentary shoot. Or so he thinks. He has no clue that it will lead him down the ancient medicine road a mystical path illuminated by sacred consciousness-altering substances. Almost beyond his choice, Carson is pulled into experiences and studies that bend his mind and stretch his beliefs past the breaking point. Reality takes on a whole new meaning as he becomes embroiled in a series of ...

Piano Workbook: A Complete Course in Technique and Performance

1 review
Carl Humphries

Jawbone Press, 2007

Not as good as the Piano Handbook
I bought this book few weeks ago and was disappointed. I am in my late 40s and started learning piano 3 years ago. I loved Carl Humphries's first book 'The Piano Handbook' and read and played almost every piece in that book. When I saw this new book 'Piano Workbook', I immediately bought it hoping to further develop my knowledge and skills. However, when I quickly went through the new book, I ...

Lennon and McCartney: Together Alone: A Critical Discography of the Solo Work

10 reviews
John Blaney

Jawbone Press, 2007

Perfect!
I can know Paul & John's historical hootstep very well including after death of John. It is useful for my collection.

Lonesome Road: The Roots of Bluegrass
Harrison Sherwood

Jawbone Press, 2009

Hot Burritos: The True Story of The Flying Burrito Brothers
John Einarson, (read book cover to verify)

Jawbone Press, 2008

Widely regarded as the original country-rock band, The Flying Burrito Brothers were determined to pull rock music back from the psychedelic abyss and return it to its pure and simple roots. To say that they succeeded would be an understatement. In a brief four-year span, the original troupe became one of the most influential rock groups of all time, reaching everyone from the Eagles and Jackson Browne to Uncle Tupelo and Alan Jackson. Hot ...

The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists
Joel McIver

Jawbone Press, 2008

From its earliest days, heavy metal has been defined by its screamingly loud, distorted guitars, so it’s no wonder that the genre is rife with fabulous players. This large format, well-illustrated book showcases metal’s 100 greatest axe men, from early heroes like the legendary Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck to stars from the 1970s and 1980s such as Motörhead’s Fast Eddie Clarke and Pantera’s “Dimebag” Darrell ...

Mockingbird

Jawbone Press, 1981

Strange Brew: Eric Clapton and the British Blues Boom

5 reviews
Christopher Hjort

Jawbone Press, 2007

The BIBLE: God, Father of God, Green God and Younger Brother of God
I'm not kidding with this title (well, maybe half-kidding). Like the Bible is, in some ways, the history of the Hebrew people, this book is a veritible day-by day document of the activities of Slowhand (God), John Mayall (Father), Peter Green (Green God) and Mick Taylor (Younger brother of God). I'll admit to being at first a bit put off about the calendar style of writing, but you easily sink ...

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