Crosstown Traffic

Author : Charles Shaar Murray
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857868015

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Jimi Hendrix 'transgressed many boundaries; both arbitrary musical definitions separating blues and soul or jazz and rock, and also those fundamental divides between the archaic and the avant-garde, between individualist and collectivist philosophies,between blacks and whites, between America and Britain, between passive acquiescence and furious resistance,between lust for life and obsession with death.' Charles Shaar Murray Crosstown Traffic charts the routes Hendrix took to arrive at his 'unique musical formulation'. The result is a bravura study of his art and life that has become established as the definitive work on 'the most eloquent instrumentalist ever to work in rock.' Winner of the Ralph Gleason Music Book Award on first publication, this brilliant and ambitious book, hailed as 'the most compelling and literate essay on rock since Greil Marcus' Mystery Train, is being reissued with an updated introduction.

Author : Charles Shaar Murray
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991-10-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0312063245

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Crosstown Traffic by Charles Shaar Murray Pdf

Called by "Entertainment Weekly" "The best book on Hendrix", "Crosstown Traffic" rode their A-list for over two months and won the prestigious Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award. Roots-savvy British critic Charles Shaar Murray assesses the lifework of guitarist Jimi Hendrix in the context of black musical tradition, social history, and the upheaval of the 1960s.

Author : Harry Shapiro, Michael Heatley, Roger Mayer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1610604210

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Jimi Hendrix Gear by Harry Shapiro, Michael Heatley, Roger Mayer Pdf

How did he do it? So many years later, it's still the question guitar aficionados ask about Jimi Hendrix, whose music was like nobody else's. Song by song, album by album, concert by concert, this book analyzes how Hendrix achieved that sound--and so, shows you how to achieve it, too. The book examines all of Hendrix's equipment, providing a nuts-and-bolts analysis of each of his guitars (including serial number, history, and provenance), his amps choices, and his singular use of revolutionary effects from wah-wahs to overdrives to bizarre-o pedals like the Fuzzface. A practical reference book like no other, this volume gives the proper guidance and tools to any guitarist who wants to take a stab at emulating one of the greatest players of all time.

Author : Charles Shaar Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : OCLC:1285460759

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Crosstown Traffic by Charles Shaar Murray Pdf

Author : Rotimi Ogunjobi
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781411699236

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The Essential Jimi Hendrix by Rotimi Ogunjobi Pdf

"The time I burned my guitar it was like a sacrifice. You sacrifice the things you love. I love my guitar."- Jimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was a cultural icon and arguably the greatest and most influential electric guitarist in rock music history. Mostly self-taught on the instrument, the left-handed Hendrix played a right-handed guitar turned upside down and re-strung to suit him. Hendrix extended the tradition of rock guitar, exploiting them to a previously undreamed-of extent. As a record producer, Hendrix was also an innovator in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. In 2003, more than 30 years after his death at 27, Rolling Stone magazine named Hendrix number one on their list of the "100 greatest guitarists of all time". This book presents Hendrix, the man, the musician, the philosopher. It presents his music, his shows, his song lyric, his life.

Author : Charles Shaar Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : OCLC:1029014515

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Author : Charles Shaar Murray
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Rock musicians
ISBN : 0571207499

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Crosstown Traffic by Charles Shaar Murray Pdf

On original publication in 1989, Crosstown Traffic was immediately hailed as the ultimate book on Hendrix and his extraordinary musical legacy. Fully updated with new material, Charles Shaar Murray's awesome examination of Hendrix's influence on the culture has, if anything, grown in stature with the intervening years. 'Mouthwatering stuff for any serious Jimi Hendrix fan . . . Murray is certainly the first writer to fully portray the ways in which Hendrix shaped the future in which we now live, from hard rock to funk to jazz. Crosstown Traffic also stands as the best layman's history of the electric guitar I've ever come across.' Dave Marsh

Author : Jimi Hendrix
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620403334

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Starting At Zero by Jimi Hendrix Pdf

It took just four years in the spotlight for Jimi Hendrix to become an international cultural icon. The sheer impact and originality of his music and his unique mastery of the guitar placed him forever amongst musical giants. But what of the man behind the public image? Modest and intensely private by nature, Jimi was shrouded in intrigue from the moment he first came into the public eye, and the mystery has only grown with time. Much has been written about him by experts, fans, and critics, some of it true and some of it not. He did, however, leave his own account of himself, locked away like a Chinese puzzle in his many interviews, lyrics, writings, poems, diaries, and even stage raps. Starting at Zero brings all these elements together in narrative form. The result is an intimate, funny, and poetic memoir-one that tells, for the first time, Jimi's own story as only he could tell it.

Author : Emma Stott
Publisher : Sonicbond Publishing Ltd
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781789522105

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Jimi Hendrix on track by Emma Stott Pdf

The legendary Jimi Hendrix has had all kinds of superlatives bestowed on him since his incendiary debut in 1966, but Lou Reed’s pithy summation beats the lot: ‘...he was such a bitching guitar player’. Jimi Hendrix On Track explores each thrilling song and album, drawing out exactly what made Hendrix not only a great guitarist but also a vocalist, arranger, interpreter, producer and songwriter of genius. Hendrix’s revolutionary albums with The Experience and Band of Gypsys are discussed in detail, as are his posthumous releases from First Rays of the Rising Sun to Both Sides of the Sky. His early work as a session player for acts like The Isley Brothers, Little Richard and even Jayne Mansfield is considered, along with his later work as a guest star on albums by Stephen Stills, Robert Wyatt, and McGear and McGough, and not forgetting his blistering work as a producer for Eire Apparent. From psychedelic odysseys to progressive blues to proto-metal to funk-rock, Hendrix mastered them all. Jimi Hendrix On Track is an informative guide to some of the 20th century’s most extraordinary recordings. Emma Stott missed out on the 1960s and the 1970s and she still isn’t over it, so writing about the greatest decades in rock music helps with her loss. She also writes about literature and education, being an English teacher by day in Manchester, UK, where she forbids any ‘dark sarcasm’ in her classroom.

Author : Wise Publications
Publisher : Wise Publications
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780857129048

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The Little Black Book of Rock Hits by Wise Publications Pdf

This edition of The Little Black Songbook presents the complete lyrics and chords to a selection of over 70 timeless rock hits. This handy chord songbook is perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to explore the rich history of rock, from Aerosmith to ZZ Top. This little book includes: - 20th Century Boy [T Rex] - Alive [Pearl Jam] - All Day And All Of The Night [The Kinks] - All Right Now [Free] - Bad Medicine [Bon Jovi] - Band On The Run [Paul McCartney] - Bat Out Of Hell [Meatloaf] - Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter [Iron Maiden] - Crosstown Traffic [Jimi Hendrix] - Cryin' [Aerosmith] - Detroit Rock City [Kiss] - Free Bird [Lynyrd Skynyrd] - Hanging On The Telephone [Blondie] - Here I Go Again [Whitesnake] - In The End [Linkin Park] - Knockin' On Heaven's Door [Guns N' Roses] - Love Walked In [Thunder] - Lyla [Oasis] - Message In The Bottle [The Police] - Midnight Rider [The Allman Brothers Band] - Money For Nothing [Dire Straits] - Of Wolf And Man [Metallica] - Panama [Van Halen] - Rock 'N' Roll Star [Oasis] - School's Out [Alice Cooper] - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [The Beatles] - Should I Stay Or Should I Go [The Clash] - Since You've Been Gone [Rainbow] - Slither [Velvet Revolver] - The Changing Man [Paul Weller] - Vertigo [U2] - Viva Las Vegas [ZZ Top] - Waiting For An Alibi [Thin Lizzy] - Walk This Way [Aerosmith] - Won't Get Fooled Again [The Who] - You Oughta Know [Alanis Morissette] And many more!

Author : Martha Bayles
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996-05-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 0226039595

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Hole in Our Soul by Martha Bayles Pdf

From Queen Latifa to Count Basie, Madonna to Monk, Hole in Our Soul: The Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music traces popular music back to its roots in jazz, blues, country, and gospel through the rise in rock 'n' roll and the emergence of heavy metal, punk, and rap. Yet despite the vigor and balance of these musical origins, Martha Bayles argues, something has gone seriously wrong, both with the sound of popular music and the sensibility it expresses. Bayles defends the tough, affirmative spirit of Afro-American music against the strain of artistic modernism she calls 'perverse.' She describes how perverse modernism was grafted onto popular music in the late 1960s, and argues that the result has been a cult of brutality and obscenity that is profoundly anti-musical. Unlike other recent critics of popular music, Bayles does not blame the problem on commerce. She argues that culture shapes the market and not the other way around. Finding censorship of popular music "both a practical and a constitutional impossibility," Bayles insists that "an informed shift in public tastes may be our only hope of reversing the current malignant mood."

Author : David V. Moskowitz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780313375934

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The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix by David V. Moskowitz Pdf

This comprehensive discussion of the singer/songwriter/guitarist's life carves autobiographical details from the lyrics of his song catalog. Jimi Hendrix was a rock 'n' roll guitar god and remains an important rock icon, still popular despite the four decades that have passed since his death in 1970. The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix uses Hendrix's music—including the posthumous album Valleys of Neptune, released on March 9, 2010—to shed light on the details of the singer/songwriter's all-too-brief life. Organized chronologically, the book provides an in-depth look at Hendrix's life, carving autobiographical details from his lyrics. At the same time, it offers readers a better understanding of the superstar's music and the forces behind it. The book focuses on the three albums released during Hendrix's life, as well as the major posthumous works. Priority is also given to touring and to the influence of other guitarists.

Author : Richie Unterberger
Publisher : Rough Guides UK
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781405381086

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The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix by Richie Unterberger Pdf

The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix is a thorough reference book about the life and music of the greatest rock guitarist of all time. It covers all the key events throughout his metamorphosis; from a misfit youngster growing up in poverty to his rise to international stardom, and from his days as a starving backup musician in the early 1960s to his triumphant appearances at the Monterey Pop and Woodstock rock festivals, not to mention his mysterious and sordid death in 1970. Special chapters are devoted to vivid description and critical evaluation of all his important studio and live albums and best thirty songs, as well as all major live and documentary Hendrix videos; his myriad musical influences from blues, soul, rock, and jazz; Hendrix-related sites and shrines; and his spectacular arsenal of guitar techniques and effects. Also including special features on overlooked aspects of his art ranging from his love of Bob Dylan's music to his relationship with the Black Power movement, The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix documents all dimensions of this one-of-a-kind musical genius.

Author : Simon Reynolds
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2006-02-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0143036726

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Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds Pdf

A landmark history of post-punk, the basis of the documentary film directed by Nikolaos Katranis Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the early eighties with the video-savvy synth-pop of groups such as Human League, Depeche Mode, and Soft Cell, whose success coincided with the rise of MTV. Full of insight and anecdotes and populated by charismatic characters, Rip It Up and Start Again re-creates the idealism, urgency, and excitement of one of the most important and challenging periods in the history of popular music.

Author : John R. Schmidt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439679494

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Authentic Chicago by John R. Schmidt Pdf

Discover the history most Chicagoans don't know---the real Chicago Way. The Windy City is full of forgotten landmarks and unusual stories that rarely get the benefit of a guided tour. Meet the African-American congressman who paved the way for Harold Washington and Barack Obama, the South Side Jewish girl who became the president of a South American country, and the visiting Romanian queen who charmed the city. Learn when Chicagoans were paid to smile, how furniture sprouts on Windy City streets after a blizzard and why Smell-O-Vision seemed like a good idea. From an in-city ski resort to the nation's greatest train robbery, author John R. Schmidt offers a glimpse of the overlooked scenery of Chicago's past.