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Stacy Phillips is an internationally acclaimed soloist and author on Resonator Guitar. This comprehensive book took years to produce and is the culmination of Stacy's many years of playing the instrument, studying new Resonator techniques and interviewing other Resonator greats. This book achieves the following objectives: 1. to present an in-depth survey of the styles in which well-rounded lap guitarist should be competent. 2. to examine the playing styles and techniques of some of the world's greatest Resonator guitarists. 3. to catalog many of the licks that are lingua franca in the world of Resonator guitarists. 4. to indicate some of the underlying relationships between notes, keys, and...
Lee Camp sets forth his vision of what it means to truly follow Christ. This substantially revised and expanded edition updates examples and adds chapter introductions, summaries, and study questions.
Immediately upon publication in 1998, the Encyclopedia of Country Music became a much-loved reference source, prized for the wealth of information it contained on that most American of musical genres. Countless fans have used it as the source for answers to questions about everything from country's first commercially successful recording, to the genre's pioneering music videos, to what conjunto music is. This thoroughly revised new edition includes more than 1,200 A-Z entries covering nine decades of history and artistry, from the Carter Family recordings of the 1920s to the reign of Taylor Swift in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Compiled by a team of experts at the Country Mu...
He didn’t know it at the time, but Tim Ghianni’s love affair with Nashville and its musical artists began on a steamy night in 1972, when the twenty-year-old author had unsolicited help from honky-tonkin’ legends Bobby Bare and Shel Silverstein during an after-midnight “salvation” of the city. It was the beginning of a lifelong urban romance that Ghianni would pursue during a career as a journalist in Middle Tennessee, interviewing Nashville’s biggest stars and developing friendships with musicians of all kinds. With a preface by Bobby Bare and a foreword by Peter Cooper, Pilgrims, Pickers and Honky-Tonk Heroes is Tim Ghianni’s love letter and nostalgic swan song, recounting th...
Henry McBride, a drunken cowboy looking for money to buy his next drink, finds a job at a guest ranch where the owner, Jess King, hires him on as an extra hand. Henry is still grief-stricken over the death of his wife and young son 17 years earlier, but his life changes when he meets Chad, the ex-ranch manager and when a young mustang stallion arrives on the ranch.
The Alaskan Adventures of the Banjo Pilot is the continuing saga of Duke "The Banjo Pilot" Steel and his family. Learn about Duke's new wife Doris as she tells us about her secretive and torrid past, and find out why she kept her past a secret all these years from Duke. Join Duke and his family in their new adventure in Southeast Alaska where they start a brand new bush-flying business throughout the beautiful waters and snow-capped mountains from Ketchikan to Skagway. Join them on their flights up and down the waterways, and live the dangers they must endure in order to survive in this country. Enjoy Duke and Doris as they start a new bluegrass band in downtown Juneau. And meet Duke's broth...
Micah “Sully” Sullivan has settled into a solitary life at the family horse ranch after her father’s death. When her long-term vet, Doc Barton, plans to retire, his granddaughter, Bryn, arrives to take over his practice. An attack on one of Sully’s prized horses throws Sully and Bryn into a whirlwind as they fight to save the young animal. Just as Sully is becoming comfortable with her growing attraction to Bryn, tragedy occurs, and her brother and his wife are killed in an accident. Sully’s solitary life drastically changes when a family of three is born.
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Includes essays tracing Country's growth from hand-me-down folk to a major American industry; concise biographies; critical album reviews, from the earliest commercial recordings of the 1920s through the mulitplatinum artists of today; and vintage album jackets and previously unpublished photographs.
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