| GUITAR: AN AMERICAN LIFE by Tim Brookes Shortly before his 50th birthday, baggage handlers destroyed Tim Brooke's guitar, his traveling companion of 22 years. His quest for someone to make his dream guitar led him to Rick Davis, master-guitar-maker. Tim, a regular commentator on NPR, uses history to unravel the symbolic associations a guitar holds, while keeping us apprised of the intricate process of the construction of his instrument. He covers a wide swath with humor and insight: the dash of flamenco, early & late blues, parlor music, Hawaiian steel, black slide, the British Invasion, the mainstreaming of the guitar and its domestication, more. Recommended. 339 pp.
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