Fingerboard Theory for Guitar: A Music Theory Text for Guitarists by Mike Christiansen - Book Review
Submitted by ebarnum@northsh... on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 12:00am
Still the best book to have on hand if you want to get together with other musicians and have a grand sing-along! I have also given this to lots of parents of young children so that they can enjoy songs both ancient and modern as a family and keep the tradition of folk music alive. ~ Reviewed by Karen Frank
This meticulous, painstakingly researched book details the creation of one of the most influential jazz recordings of all-time. The book presents a fascinating glimpse at the art of collaboration and a vivid picture of the recording industry in the late fifties. Kahn also chronicles the marketing and promotion of the record. A must for anyone with a serious interest in music. ~ Reviewed by Alden Graves
Anyone who nurses nostalgia for the early sixties, and the emergence of folk music as a defining cultural vehicle of that period, will be enchanted by this book. Written from material gathered from several hundred interviews, Hajdu is able to make us believe we are immersed in a novel with fascinating characters who happen to be real. He weaves the complicated backstory of folk music icons Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Richard and Mimi Baez Farina from their early family lives to their emergence into the infant days of the Greenwich Village Bohemian scene. It becomes apparent as the stories unfold that these talented and tortured artists pioneered a new form of creative expression and created an enduring genre and lifestyle based on their relationships with each other and interaction with the world around them. ~ Reviewed by Karen Frank
