guitarists

This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and one truly epic career in rock and roll. How to make a microphone? A broomstick, a cinderblock, a telephone, a radio. How to make an electric guitar? A record player's arm, a speaker, some tape. How to make a legendary inventor? A few tools, a lot of curiosity, and an endless faith in what is possible. Featuring richly detailed, dynamic illustrations by Brett Helquist, this unforgettable biography will resonate with inventive readers young and old.

Tells the stories of great guitarists of blues, jazz, and rock and their favorite instruments; covering how they choose and customize their guitars, how they use them in the studio and on stage, and more.

Relates techniques of playing the electric guitar, covering the basics and various music styles, and discusses the history of the instrument and famous guitarists.

Eighth-grade bass player Terence Kato is forced to transfer from a private arts school to a public school. He sets out to build a rock band and, in the process, make a few friends. He quickly locates a singer and keyboardist, but Terence wants to keep the rhythm going by finding a GUITARIST.

The story of a critically ill musician who is saved by music and returns to the same hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, to bring the same comfort to other critically ill patients.

"Jas Obrecht presents a celebration of the world's most popular instrument as seen through the words, lives, and artistry of some of its most beloved players. Readers will read--and hear--accounts of the first guitarists on record, pioneering bluesmen, gospel greats, jazz innovators, country pickers, rocking rebels, psychedelic shape-shifters, singer-songwriters, and other movers and shakers. In their own words, these guitar players reveal how they found their inspirations, mastered their instruments, crafted classic songs, and created enduring solos"--Provided by publisher.

Born into a traveling gypsy family, young Django Reinhardt taught himself guitar at an early age. He was soon acclaimed as the "Gypsy Genius" and "Prodigy Boy," but one day his world changed completely when a fire claimed the use of his fretting hand. Folks said Django would never play again, but with passion and perseverance he was soon setting the world's concert stages ablaze.

While still upset by the disappearance of her boyfriend, Beth Collins starts attending a boarding school for musically talented students where she discovers her real talent and is torn between two boys.

Recounts the life and career of guitarist Les Paul.