Title:
The birth of loud : Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the guitar-pioneering rivalry that shaped rock 'n' roll
Author:
Edition:
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publication Date:
2019
Publication Information:
New York : Scribner, [2019]
©2019
Physical Description:
ix, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781501141652
Abstract:
A riveting saga in the history of rock 'n' roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar's amplified sound--Leo Fender and Les Paul--and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built.
Language:
English
