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The Guitar and the New World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 265

The Guitar and the New World

The American guitar, that lightweight wooden box with a long neck, hourglass figure, and six metal strings, has evolved over five hundred years of social turmoil to become a nearly magical object—the most popular musical instrument in the world. In The Guitar and the New World, Joe Gioia offers a many-limbed social history that is as entertaining as it is informative. After uncovering the immigrant experience of his guitar-making Sicilian great uncle, Gioia's investigation stretches from the ancient world to the fateful events of the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition, across Sioux Ghost Dancers and circus Indians, to the lives and works of such celebrated American musicians as Jimmy Rod...

American Photo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 104

American Photo

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1996-09
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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American Photo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 130

American Photo

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1991-11
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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American Photo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 120

American Photo

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1991-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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King of the Delta Blues
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 497

King of the Delta Blues

"Charlie Patton (1891-1934) was born in central Mississippi. By 1908, he had begun his performing career, initially at small house parties, then at barrelhouses and other settings that could accommodate a hundred people or more. Until his death in 1934, Patton was a top draw for the numerous African Americans then living and working in the Delta. In 1929 and 1930, he recorded several hits for Paramount Records, on the basis of which he was sought by the American Record Company in January 1934 for what would be his last recordings. He was immensely influential to other bluesmen, including Tommy Johnson, Kid Bailey, Robert Johnson, and Howlin' Wolf. Since 1991, his collected recordings have be...

American Photo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 108

American Photo

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1993-01
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Holdings of Selected Public-employee Retirement Systems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 22

Holdings of Selected Public-employee Retirement Systems

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1969
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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American Photo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 112

American Photo

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1990-03
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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American Photo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 112

American Photo

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1990-09
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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American Photo
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 134

American Photo

  • Type: Magazine
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  • Published: 1990-11
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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