Hot Wired Guitar

by Power, Martin

• ISBN13: 9781849388696
• ISBN10: 1849388695
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Omnibus Pr & Schirmer Trade Books

Summary

The definitive account of Jeff Beck's journey from his childhood in 1940s South London to the worldwide success of 2010's album Emotion and Commotion and beyond. Author Martin Power has talked to former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty as well as manager Simon Napier-Bell and fellow musicians including Max Middleton, Stanley Clarke, Simon Phillips, Jimmy Hall, Mo Foster, Doug Wimbish and many others. Supported to full album reviews, rare photographs and an up-to-date discography, Hot Wired Guitar is the most complete and comprehensive account of the life and times of Jeff Beck, the man who took the electric guitar and showed the world just what could be done with just six strings and "one hell of an attitude."

Author Biography

Martin Power has talked to former Yardbirds members Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty, as well as manager Simon Napier-Bell and fellow musicians including Max Middleton, Stanley Clarke, Simon Phillips, Jimmy Hall, Mo Foster, Doug Wimbish and many others. Supported by full album reviews, rare photographs and an up-to-date discography, Hot Wired Guitar is the most complete and comprehensive account of the life and times of Jeff Beck, the man who took the electric guitar and showed the world just what could be done with six strings and "one hell of an attitude"

Table of Contents

Detective Work	p. 1
Two Big Fish, One Small Pond	p. 23
Escape Velocity	p. 43
Fuzzbox Voodoo	p. 53
Oh Say Can You See…	p. 71
Pressure Drop	p. 85
The Devil Rides Out	p. 95
Every Cloud…	p. 119
God Bless The New York Times	p. 134
The Grit In The Oyster	p. 152
All The King's Horses	p. 165
Power Over Loudness	p. 181
And Then There Were Three	p. 204
A Change Is As Good As A Rest	p. 226
Revenge Is Sweet	p. 239
Hammer Time	p. 252
The Invention of Space Metal	p. 265
Intermission (The Cars Are Getting Very Shiny)	p. 285
Lost In The Eighties	p. 305
Old Dog, New Tricks	p. 329
Apocalypse Twang	p. 346
Starting Fires With Guitars	p. 373
The Good Soldier	p. 396
With A Little Help From My Friends	p. 414
The Wire And The Wood	p. 443
Acknowledgements	p. 452
Discography	p. 455
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