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1) The birth of loud: Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the guitar-pioneering rivalry that shaped rock 'n' roll
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
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.
"In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into the primordial elements of rock 'n' roll--and these louder styles...