Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll
Hardcover
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By Jayson Kerr Dobney, Craig Inciardi, Anthony DeCurtis (Contribution by), Alan DiPerna (Contribution by), David Fricke (Contribution by), Holly George-Warren (Contribution by), Matthew Hill (Contribution by)
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A brash and dazzling celebration of the instruments that created the sounds of rock and roll from the 1940s to the present day
Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound—from Louis Jordan’s alto saxophone and John Lennon’s Rickenbacker to the drum set owned by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Lady Gaga’s keytar, and beyond. Seven engrossing essays by veteran music journalists and scholars discuss the technical developments that fostered rock’s seducti...
Play It Loud celebrates the musical instruments that gave rock and roll its signature sound—from Louis Jordan’s alto saxophone and John Lennon’s Rickenbacker to the drum set owned by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, Lady Gaga’s keytar, and beyond. Seven engrossing essays by veteran music journalists and scholars discuss the technical developments that fostered rock’s seducti...






















