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  • Do Angels Need Haircuts? by Reed, Lou
    Lou Reed

    Do Angels Need Haircuts?

    In August of 1970, a 28-year-old Lou Reed quit the Velvet Underground, moved home to Long Island, New York, and embarked on a fascinating alternate creative path: poetry. Spending months in relative isolation, the musician refashioned himself, publicly vowing to never again play rock...
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  • Magnificat, RV 610/611: Vocal score by Vivaldi, Antonio
    Antonio Vivaldi

    Magnificat, RV 610/611: Vocal score

    Vivaldi's Magnificat probably dates from shortly after the 1726 death of composer C.P. Grua, which resulted in his having to provide sacred music for the Venetian orphanage and convent he enjoyed a long-standing relation with: the Ospedale della Pietà. There are actually three versions...
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  • Elijah, Op.70: Vocal score by Mendelssohn, Felix
    Felix Mendelssohn

    Elijah, Op.70: Vocal score

    Elijah is one of the most dramatic oratorios ever written - crowded with stirring incident and music which claims attention. It was the composer's desire to be dramatic, and he knew how to achieve his end. The text is a mosaic of biblical verses...
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  • The World of Freddie Mercury 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Jigsaw Puzzle by Smits, Timba
    Timba Smits

    The World of Freddie Mercury 1000 Piece Puzzle: A Jigsaw Puzzle

    Piece together the world of Freddie Mercury in this jigsaw puzzle that tells the story of his life and songs. From his childhood in Zanzibar and England to his meteoric rise to rock stardom with Queen and his tragic death from AIDS, there's a...
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  • Beethoven and the Voice of God by Mellers, Wilfrid
    Wilfrid Mellers

    Beethoven and the Voice of God

    Wilfrid Mellers is a composer, musician and author. Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge. This is his classic book on Beethoven.Author: Wilfrid MellersISBN-10: 1904331238ISBN-13: 9781904331230Publisher: Travis and Emery Music BookshopLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2007Pages: 468Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.43lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.94d
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  • The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of Hallelujah by Light, Alan
    Alan Light

    The Holy or the Broken: Leonard Cohen, Jeff Buckley, and the Unlikely Ascent of Hallelujah

    Author: Alan LightISBN-10: 1665266554ISBN-13: 9781665266550Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/06/2017Format: CDWeight: 0.20lbs
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  • Minna Wagner: A Life, with Richard Wagner by Rieger, Eva
    Eva Rieger

    Minna Wagner: A Life, with Richard Wagner

    This biography of Minna Planer, Richard Wagner's wife of 30 years, reveals her as a self-assured woman and artist who was vital to her husband's creative life. When Richard Wagner first met Minna Planer in 1834, he was an unknown conductor, she a popular...
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  • Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax by Bello, Frank
    Frank Bello

    Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax

    Frank Bello, bassist with the legendary New York thrash metal band Anthrax since 1984, has sold over ten million albums, travelled the globe more times than he cares to count, and enthralled audiences from the world's biggest stages. His long-awaited memoir would be a...
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  • Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story by Elliott, Michael
    Michael Elliott

    Have a Little Faith: The John Hiatt Story

    By the mid-1980s, singer-songwriter John Hiatt had been dropped from three record labels, burned through two marriages, and had fallen deep into alcoholism. It took a stint in rehab and a new family to inspire him, then a producer and an A&R man to...
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  • Comfort Eating with Nick Cave: Vegan Recipes to Get Deep Inside of You by Zingg, Automne
    Joshua Ploeg

    Comfort Eating with Nick Cave: Vegan Recipes to Get Deep Inside of You

    Poor Nick Cave. He's sitting all alone, eating frosting with a spoon. Now you can join him as he soothes himself with a giant bowl of mashed potatoes, a tofu dog, peanut butter from the jar, spicy potato chips, or veggie pot pies. Comfort...
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  • J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Guitar: 48 Preludes and Fugues adapted by J.A.Blyth by Blyth, J. a.
    J. a. Blyth

    J. S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Guitar: 48 Preludes and Fugues adapted by J.A.Blyth

    For the first time the complete Well-Tempered Clavier of Bach, adapted for solo guitar. Some things don't seem to be possible on the guitar, but you may be surprised what is. All 48 Preludes and 48 Fugues. No changes in tuning required. Use a...
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  • Rautavaara's Journey in Music by Hong, Barbara Blanchard
    Barbara Blanchard Hong

    Rautavaara's Journey in Music

    Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) has been called Finland's most notable musical export after Sibelius. His prolific output includes eleven operas; eight symphonies; eleven concertos; choral works for the Orthodox, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches; secular choral works; chamber music; vocal solos; and keyboard works. Many...
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  • Bruno Maderna: His Life and Music by Dalmonte, Rossana
    Rossana Dalmonte

    Bruno Maderna: His Life and Music

    Bruno Maderna was one of the most influential composers in the twentieth century. He was the eldest of the group of Italian composers born in the 1920s (along with Berio, Nono, Donatoni, and others) who began their career shortly before the second World War...
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  • Manchester Beethoven Studies by Cooper, Barry
    Barry Cooper

    Manchester Beethoven Studies

    Manchester Beethoven studies presents ten original chapters by scholars with close ties to the University of Manchester. It throws new light on many aspects of Beethoven's life and works, with a special emphasis on early or little-known compositions such as his concert aria Erste...
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  • Florio's Breathing Flute: The Life of the Flutist Pietro Grassi Florio (?1738-1795) and the Making of Florio Flutes by Lasocki, David
    David Lasocki

    Florio's Breathing Flute: The Life of the Flutist Pietro Grassi Florio (?1738-1795) and the Making of Florio Flutes

    Scholars lament that next to nothing has been discovered about the life and work of Pietro Grassi Florio (1738?-1795), one of the best-known names among flutists of the 18th century. In particular, it has never been clear what association he may have had with...
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  • How We Used Saint Etienne to Live by Alwakeel, Ramzy
    Ramzy Alwakeel

    How We Used Saint Etienne to Live

    The essential guide to veteran British indie favourites Saint Etienne -- the story of how they made music out of memories, and how we made memories out of them. Do you remember how we used to live? British indie favourites Saint Etienne do. But...
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  • Desperado by Stanko, Tomasz
    Tomasz Stańko

    Desperado

    Tomasz Stańko is arguably the greatest jazz musician Poland has ever produced. His career spanned almost sixty years until his death in 2018. A visionary trumpeter and composer, a protégé of Krzysztof Komeda and a colleague of musicians from Poland, Scandinavia, Britain, Cuba and...
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  • Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles by Harvey, Alex
    Alex Harvey

    Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles

    A gritty, smoke-filled, and boozy account of musician Tom Waits's formative decade in Los Angeles. Song Noir examines the formative first decade of Tom Waits's career, when he lived, wrote, and recorded nine albums in Los Angeles: from his soft, folk-inflected debut, Closing Time...
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  • Prince: Icon by Images, Iconic
    Iconic Images

    Prince: Icon

    The most significant collection of Prince images ever assembled Impeccably printed, sumptuously designed, large format hardback book from the publisher of the bestselling book Bowie: Icon Top photographers, iconic images, wonderful surprises This sumptuous and luxuriously produced volume gathers portraits, album covers, photographs of...
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  • Duran Duran by O'Regan, Denis
    Denis O'Regan

    Duran Duran

    Duran Duran's rise to fame, captured by the photographer who knows them best Hundreds of exclusive photographs, many unseen, plus interviews and quotes The most comprehensive document of Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour, their most successful ever Contains contributions from all members of...
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  • Paddy Reilly: From the Fields of Athenry to the Dubliners and Beyond by Reilly, Paddy
    Paddy Reilly

    Paddy Reilly: From the Fields of Athenry to the Dubliners and Beyond

    Patrick 'Paddy' Reilly is an Irish folk singer and guitarist. Born in Rathcoole, County Dublin, he is one of Ireland's most famous balladeers and is best known for his renditions of "The Fields of Athenry", "Rose of Allendale" and "The Town I Loved So...
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  • Bad Boy Boogie: The True Story of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott by Apter, Jeff
    Jeff Apter

    Bad Boy Boogie: The True Story of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott

    The life, death and rock'n'roll rollercoaster career of AC/DC frontman Bon Scott. Bon Scott was once asked if he was AC or DC. 'Neither, ' he grinned, 'I'm the lightning flash in the middle.' And that's how he lived his life. No one had...
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  • Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts by McParland, Robert
    Robert McParland

    Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts

    The music, performances, and cultural impact of some of the most enduring figures in popular music are explored in Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts. This collection investigates authenticity, identity, and the power of the voices and images of widely circulated and shared...
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  • The Partimenti of Giovanni Paisiello: Pedagogy and Practice by Paraschivescu, Nicoleta
    Nicoleta Paraschivescu

    The Partimenti of Giovanni Paisiello: Pedagogy and Practice

    Reveals the brilliant musical and pedagogical thinking of the famed eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Neapolitan composer and teacher of royal students. Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816) was one of the most important composers of opera in the eighteenth century. His operas were performed throughout Europe, and...
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  • Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983 by Duncan, Hamish
    Hamish Duncan

    Out in L.A.: The Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1983

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers were going to be a one-time act for a friend's album release party. Forty years later the funk rock band is one of the best known and the longest running in the United States. Everything that happened in 1983...
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  • Prince on Prince: Interviews and Encounters Volume 22 by Lizie, Arthur
    Arthur Lizie

    Prince on Prince: Interviews and Encounters Volume 22

    Prince on Prince gets behind the controversies to tell the Prince story in his own words. Prince is among the most respected and influential entertainers of the twentieth century, breaking sexual, racial, and creative barriers throughout his almost forty years in the spotlight. He...
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  • The ABCs of the Grateful Dead by Abrams, Howie
    Howie Abrams

    The ABCs of the Grateful Dead

    An alphabetical history of rock 'n' roll's most iconic band...the Grateful Dead. Featuring playful rhymes and glorious illustrations, The ABCs of the Grateful Dead celebrates the band's rich and dynamic history. Each letter of the alphabet highlights a significant moment, cultural contribution, or innovation...
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  • Victory Over the Sun by Kruchenykh, Aleksei Eliseevich
    Aleksei Eliseevich Kruchenykh

    Victory Over the Sun

    This Futurist opera was presented in snowy Petrograd in December 1913 to a riotous audience. The atonal music composed by Mikhail Matiushin accompanied the alogical libretto by Aleksei Kruchenykh, the action taking place in the 10th Land where "the windows of houses all face...
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  • Essential Cowell: Selected Writings on Music by Higgins, Dick
    Dick Higgins

    Essential Cowell: Selected Writings on Music

    This volume presents for the first time a generous selection from the more than 200 essays and articles written by one of the most original American composers and musical theorists of the twentieth century. There are articles on harmony, melody, notation and music history;...
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  • The Levon Helm Midnight Ramble by Laraia, Paul
    Paul Laraia

    The Levon Helm Midnight Ramble

    Levon Helm's Rambles have quickly become the stuff of legend. Helm, of course, is the charismatic drummer, singer, and sometimes mandolin picker for The Band, a group whose songs and stature have made them a pillar of classic rock and rootsy Americana. Beyond their...
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  • Facing Future by Kois, Dan
    Dan Kois

    Facing Future

    Even at four in the morning, the strip clubs and watering holes surrounding the Honolulu studio were still hopping. The recording engineer heard a car pull into the lot, and soon the biggest man he had ever seen walked in. When he stepped into...
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  • The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of about Fifty by Sheed, Wilfrid
    Wilfrid Sheed

    The House That George Built: With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty

    From Irving Berlin to Cy Coleman, from "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to "Big Spender," from Tin Pan Alley to the MGM soundstages, the Golden Age of the American song embodied all that was cool, sexy, and sophisticated in popular culture. For four glittering decades, geniuses...
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  • Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth by Huss, John
    John Huss

    Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth

    Interest in the Man in Black has grown since his death in 2003, with increased record sales, cover videos by groups like Nine Inch Nails, and the 2006 biopic Walk the Line cementing his fame. This book honors Cash by examining the many philosophical...
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  • The Phantom of the Opera: Viola by Lloyd Webber, Andrew
    Andrew Lloyd Webber

    The Phantom of the Opera: Viola

    (Instrumental Solo). Nine songs from the Andrew Lloyd Webber masterpiece: All I Ask of You * Angel of Music * Masquerade * The Music of the Night * The Phantom of the Opera * The Point of No Return * Prima Donna * Think...
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  • Liszt's Chopin by Hughes, Meirion
    Meirion Hughes

    Liszt's Chopin

    Passionate and pioneering, Liszt's biography of Chopin flaunts its author's celebrity while straddling the divide between the scholarly and the popular. In this volume Meirion Hughes combines a new translation of the first edition with an introduction that places the work in its cultural...
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  • Why Tammy Wynette Matters by Easton, Steacy
    Steacy Easton

    Why Tammy Wynette Matters

    How Tammy Wynette channeled the conflicts of her life into her music and performance. With hits such as "Stand By Your Man" and "Golden Ring," Tammy Wynette was an icon of American domesticity and femininity. But there were other sides to the first lady...
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  • Ruminations & Reflections - The Musical Journey of Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach by Liebman, Dave
    Dave Liebman

    Ruminations & Reflections - The Musical Journey of Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach

    The Jazz Book of Two LifetimesNEA Jazz Master saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach have enjoyed a fifty-year friendship on and off the bandstand. They've performed with Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard, and their own bands. Ruminations and...
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  • Ruminations and Reflections - The Musical Journey of Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach by Liebman, Dave
    Dave Liebman

    Ruminations and Reflections - The Musical Journey of Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach

    The Jazz Book of Two LifetimesNEA Jazz Master saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach have enjoyed a fifty-year friendship on and off the bandstand. They've performed with Miles Davis, Elvin Jones, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Freddie Hubbard, and their own bands. Ruminations and...
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  • Dear Dorothy: Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow by Slonimsky, Nicolas
    Nicolas Slonimsky

    Dear Dorothy: Letters from Nicolas Slonimsky to Dorothy Adlow

    The fascinating letters of conductor-author Nicolas Slonimsky (1894-1995) to his wife, sharing his adventures as he traveled around the world to conduct new American music. In the mid-twentieth century renowned musicologist, conductor, and lexicographer Nicolas Slonimsky traveled to cities throughout the world to play...
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  • Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy by Pollack, Howard
    Howard Pollack

    Samuel Barber: His Life and Legacy

    A pivotal twentieth-century composer, Samuel Barber earned a long list of honors and accolades that included two Pulitzer Prizes for Music and the public support of conductors like Arturo Toscanini, Serge Koussevitzky, and Leonard Bernstein. Barber's works have since become standard concert repertoire and...
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  • Touched by Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley by Lucas, Gary
    Gary Lucas

    Touched by Grace: My Time with Jeff Buckley

    "Suddenly, this skinny, longhaired kid who had been lounging against the wall inside sprang forward to confront me, rolling and popping his eyes, intensely vibing me with his own personal voodoo. He looked electric, on fire--as if he was about to jump out of...
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  • Neil Sedaka Rock 'n' Roll Survivor: The Inside Story of His Incredible Comeback by Podolsky, Rich
    Rich Podolsky

    Neil Sedaka Rock 'n' Roll Survivor: The Inside Story of His Incredible Comeback

    From 1958 to 1963, Neil Sedaka sold 25 million records--more than anyone except Elvis Presley. He thought he could do no wrong, but a year later he was all but off the charts, swept away by The Beatles and the British Invasion--a blow he...
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  • Verse, Chorus, Monster! by Coxon, Graham
    Graham Coxon

    Verse, Chorus, Monster!

    A long-awaited memoir of Blur co-founder, guitar legend and visual artist Graham Coxon. Among the noise and clamour of the Britpop era, Blur co-founder Graham Coxon managed to carve out a niche to become one of the most innovative and respected guitarists of his...
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  • The Life and Music of John Field 1782-1837: Creator of the Nocturne by Piggott, Patrick
    Patrick Piggott

    The Life and Music of John Field 1782-1837: Creator of the Nocturne

    This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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  • The Life and Music of John Field 1782-1837: Creator of the Nocturne by Piggott, Patrick
    Patrick Piggott

    The Life and Music of John Field 1782-1837: Creator of the Nocturne

    This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed...
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  • Claudio Monteverdi's Venetian Operas: Sources, Performance, Interpretation by Rosand, Ellen
    Ellen Rosand

    Claudio Monteverdi's Venetian Operas: Sources, Performance, Interpretation

    Claudio Monteverdi's Venetian Operas features chapters by a group of scholars and performers of varied backgrounds and specialties, who confront the various questions raised by Monteverdi's late operas from an interdisciplinary perspective. The premise of the volume is the idea that constructive dialogue between...
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  • The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years by Benitez, Vincent P.
    Vincent P. Benitez Jr

    The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years

    This examination of the solo music of Paul McCartney, from 1970-2007, offers an analysis of his songs, recordings, and his impact on popular music. The Words and Music of Paul McCartney: The Solo Years examines the large and varied oeuvre of this deeply personal...
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  • Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children by Marshack, Rose
    Rose Marshack

    Play Like a Man: My Life in Poster Children

    As a member of Poster Children, Rose Marshack took part in entwined revolutions. Marshack and other women seized a much-elevated profile in music during the indie rock breakthrough while the advent of new digital technologies transformed the recording and marketing of music. Touring in...
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  • Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers by Banfield, William C.
    William C. Banfield

    Musical Landscapes in Color: Conversations with Black American Composers

    Now available in paperback, William C. Banfield's acclaimed collection of interviews delves into the lives and work of forty-one Black composers. Each of the profiled artists offers a candid self-portrait that explores areas from training and compositional techniques to working in a exclusive canon...
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  • Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon by Fishell, Steve
    Steve Fishell

    Buddy Emmons: Steel Guitar Icon

    A No Depression Most Memorable Music Book of 2022 The acknowledged maestro of the pedal steel guitar, Buddy Emmons lent his unparalleled virtuosity to over five decades of hit recordings and set standards that remain the benchmark for musicians today. Steve Fishell's merger of...
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