Explores the history of jazz guitar and profiles such influential guitarists as Charlie Christian, Django Reinhardt, and Joe Pass

Beginning with an explanation of how a bass line defines the harmonic scheme, this edition leads the player through dozens of fingerstyle arrangements. Titles: * Laura * Green Dolphin Street * The Shadow of Your Smile * Stompin' at the Savoy * Just Friends * Don't Blame Me * Nobody Does It Better

Early '70s Radio focuses on the emergence of commercial music radio "formats," which refer to distinct musical genres aimed toward specific audiences. This formatting revolution took place in a period rife with heated politics, identity anxiety, large-scale disappointments and seemingly insoluble social problems. As industry professionals worked overtime to understand audiences and to generate formats, they also laid the groundwork for market segmentation. Audiences, meanwhile, approached these formats as safe havens wherein they could re-imagine and redefine key issues of identity. A fresh and accessible exercise in audience interpretation, Early '70s Radio is organized according to the era's five prominent formats and analyzes each of these in relation to their targeted demographics, including Top 40, "soft rock", album-oriented rock, soul and country. The book closes by making a case for the significance of early '70s formatting in light of commercial radio today.

(Guitar Solo). A dozen jazz classics have been arranged by Sean McGowan in standard notation and tab, and recorded in downloadable audio full demonstration tracks for this collection. Includes: All Blues * Confirmation * Get Me to the Church on Time * I'm Old Fashioned * My Romance * On the Street Where You Live * Polka Dots and Moonbeams * Prelude to a Kiss * Ruby, My Dear * Stolen Moments * There Will Never Be Another You * Where or When.

This comprehensive text covers the spectrum of fingerpicking technique and styles. Performance and stylistic notes, fingerstyle guitar solos and a listening guide are presented for each section of the book. Sections include: Folk Songs; Gospel Songs; Country Blues; Ragtime Blues; Rags and Dances; Appalachian Fiddle Tunes; Celtic Airs; Jigs and Reels; Classic Rags; Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar & Fingerstyle Guitar Duets. All solos are in notation and tablature and are written by noted fingerpicking guitarists Stefan Grossman, Elizabeth Cotten, Dean Sires, Ton Van Bergeyk, David Laibman, Rev. Gary Davis, Duck Baker, Seth Austen, Steve Tilston, John Morris, Sid Percy, Tom O'Farrell, Jim McLennan, Leo Wijnkamp Jr., Lasse Johansson and Claes Palmqvist.

(Guitar Chord Songbook). This fantastic collection features lyrics, chord symbols, and guitar chord diagrams for 400 hits across decades and genres, such as: All Along the Watchtower * Back to December * Band on the Run * Bennie and the Jets * Brick House * California Girls * Couldn't Stand the Weather * Daydream * Evil Woman * Footloose * The Gambler * Good Lovin' * Hey Jude * Hollywood Nights * I Love Rock 'N Roll * Jump * King of the Road * Livin' on a Prayer * Man in the Mirror * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * The Rainbow Connection * Smoke on the Water * That'll Be the Day * Walkin' After Midnight * Wild Thing * Your Mama Don't Dance * and many more.