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"The Birth of Loud" - Great Read for Guitar Geeks and Surf Fans
Joined: May 06, 2013 Posts: 16 Baltimore 
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Posted on Jan 27 2019 04:35 PM
Just picked this up at my local book store (please get it there is you can, Amazon doesn't need your money) great stuff, just read the chapters on Leo Fender and Dick Dale (plus some other surf legends) and felt the need to alert you all nice review below, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/books/review/birth-of-loud-ian-port.html |
Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 634 Boston, MA 
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Posted on Oct 25 2021 01:11 PM
Just reading this now, it is so good! —Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters |
Joined: Jul 13, 2012 Posts: 490 San Diego CA
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Posted on Oct 25 2021 03:56 PM
Im having a tough time getting past the premise/ marketing line 'recreates the rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitars 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 ' |
Joined: Mar 22, 2006 Posts: 363 Los Angeles
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Posted on Oct 25 2021 07:55 PM
I read it last year, really enjoyed it, ArabSpring-- |
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Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 634 Boston, MA
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Posted on Oct 26 2021 07:36 AM
Yeah, of course a person needs to have a good marketing hook, but it's really solidly written and appears pretty exhaustively researched. —Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters |
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Joined: Jul 13, 2012 Posts: 490 San Diego CA
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Posted on Oct 26 2021 03:41 PM
I did order a used copy , looking forward to it , thanks for the rec. |
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Joined: Oct 18, 2010 Posts: 634 Boston, MA
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Posted on Oct 27 2021 03:49 PM
Hope you enjoy it after being talked into it! —Matt Heaton & the Electric Heaters |
Joined: Nov 08, 2017 Posts: 357 San Francisco Bay Area
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Posted on Oct 27 2021 07:22 PM
Ordered my copy. I remember hearing Dick Dale interviewed by Terry Gross. A lot of the conversation was about interactions with Fender and how to get the sound Dale was looking for. Interesting stuff. I just found Terry Gross's interviews with Dick Dale here: https://freshairarchive.org/guests/dick-dale —If I'd stop buying old guitars to fix, I might actually learn to play. Last edited: Oct 27, 2021 23:01:38 |
Joined: Feb 26, 2006 Posts: 5080 San Francisco
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Posted on Oct 27 2021 09:17 PM
It's a great book, and highly recommended. Matt- kudos to you for digging up an old thread! Ferenc —Buy Speed of Dark @ Bandcamp |
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