New York Times bestselling author Allen St. John started off looking for the world’s greatest guitar, but what he found instead was the world’s greatest guitar builder. Living and working in Rugby, Virginia (population 7), retired rural mail carrier Wayne Henderson is a true American original, making America's finest instruments using little more than a pile of good wood and a sharp whittling knife. There's a 10-year waiting list for Henderson's heirloom acoustic guitars—and even a musical legend like Eric Clapton must wait his turn. Partly out of self-interest, St. John prods Henderson into finally building Clapton's guitar, and soon we get to pull up a dusty stool and watch this Stradivari in glue-stained blue jeans work his magic. The story that ensues will captivate you with its portrait of a world where craftsmanship counts more than commerce, and time is measured by old jokes, old-time music, and homemade lemon pies shared by good friends.
The Complete Guitar Player: Rock Songbook features a massive collection of 50 hard-rocking hits from the best of classic and contemporary rock music. Each song has been carefully arranged with melody lines in standard notation, lyrics, Guitar chord boxes, as well as strumming and picking patterns - Perfect great for aspiring rock rhythm or lead Guitarists. Each and every tune included in this chordbook is a true rock classic. Old favourites by The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix are matched by modern classics such as Radiohead's Creep and Use Somebody by Kings Of Leon. Ideal for beginners, as well as intermediate Guitarists looking to expand their repertoire, you'll be singing, strumming and soloing your way through the best rock music of the past half-century. Songlist: - All Day And All Of The Night [The Kinks] - All Right Now [Free] - Alone [Heart] - Black [Pearl Jam] - Born To Be Wild [Steppenwolf] - Call Me [Blondie] - Chasing Cars [Snow Patrol] - Cocaine [Eric Clapton] - Crazy Little Thing Called Love [Queen] - Creep [Radiohead] - Don't Look Back In Anger [Oasis] - Every Breath You Take [The Police] - Eye Of The Tiger [Survivor] - Here I Go Again [Whitesnake] - Heroes [David Bowie] - Hey Joe [Jimi Hendrix] - Highway To Hell [AC/DC] - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing [Aerosmith] - I Saw Her Standing There [The Beatles] - I Want You To Want Me [Cheap Trick] - If It Makes You Happy [Sheryl Crow] - Jessie's Girl [Rick Springfield] - Lithium [Nirvana] - Livin' On A Prayer [Bon Jovi] - London Calling [The Clash] - Money For Nothing [Dire Straits] -More Than A Feeling [Boston] - Mr. Brightside [The Killers] - Paperback Writer [The Beatles] - Rock And Roll All Nite [Kiss] - Roxanne [The Police] - Sex On Fire [Kings of Leon] - Should I Stay Or Should I Go [The Clash] - Since You've Been Gone [Rainbow] - Smells Like Teen Spirit [Nirvana] - Song 2 [Blur] - Substitute [The Who] - Sultans Of Swing [Dire Straits] - Summer Of '69 [Bryan Adams] - Supersonic [Oasis] - Teenage Kicks [The Undertones] - The Final Countdown [Europe] - The Passenger [Iggy Pop] - Use Somebody [Kings of Leon] - Whiskey In The Jar [Thin Lizzy] - Yellow [Coldplay] - You Really Got Me [The Kinks] - You Shook Me All Night Long [AC/DC] - Ziggy Stardust [David Bowie] - Zombie [The Cranberries]
Takes you through barre chords, bass runs and hammer-ons, the swing rhythm, classical style and music theory. Learn well-known songs by the Beatles, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan, the Kinks, and many others!
This illustrated literary guide to all aspects of the guitar includes a history, celebrated players, iconic guitars, guitar techniques, a relevant chord dictionary and relevant local information.
(Guitar Recorded Versions). The most comprehensive Clapton guitar collection ever assembled! Contains 31 of Slowhand's finest from Cream, The Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds, Derek & the Dominoes, and his solo career transcribed note-for-note with tablature, just as he recorded them! Includes: Bad Love * Badge * Bell Bottom Blues * Change the World * Cocaine * Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Have You Ever Loved a Woman * Hide Away * I Can't Stand It * I Shot the Sheriff * Lay down Sally * Layla * Pretending * Riding with the King * Sunshine of Your Love * Superman Inside * Tears in Heaven * White Room * Wonderful Tonight * and more. Features a special full-color section with photos from 1965-1996.
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Although "Slowhand" is known for his masterful guitar playing, his timeless songs are also quite playable on the piano. This anthology for piano, voice and guitar features 38 of Clapton's best songs: After Midnight * Badge * Change the World * Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * I Shot the Sheriff * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Down Sally * Layla * My Father's Eyes * Promises * Riding with the King * Strange Brew * Tears in Heaven * Wonderful Tonight * and more.
'These guitars have been really good tools; they're not just museum pieces. They all have a soul and they all come alive.' - Eric Clapton 'In his own words, Clapton tells his story through the history of his instruments.' - Rolling Stone In Six-String Stories Eric Clapton reflects on a legendary career as told through the tools of his trade: his guitars. Collected together here for the first time are the instruments Clapton sold in three record-breaking auctions between 1999 and 2011 to benefit the Crossroads treatment centre he founded in 1998. Featuring some of the most iconic guitars ever played, Clapton guides the reader through nearly 300 instruments as he discusses their provenance, reveals insights about his own playing, and shares anecdotes from each chapter of his spectacular life in music. 'One by one these guitars were the chapters of my life. They belong to a very well-loved family.' - Eric Clapton Six-String Stories presents a 'family tree' that makes connections between iconic instruments, such as Clapton's famous 'Blackie' Stratocaster, and previously unknown rarities, placing them in the chronology of his career. Clapton recalls the instruments he bought to emulate his heroes, the guitars with unknown origins that became their own legend, the ones that never left his side, and the legacy they left behind. Every piece has been individually photographed, revealing every curve, detail and scratch, while the work of over 80 of the world's best rock photographers shows the instruments in play. See Clapton's evolution from the psychedelic Sixties, through the stripped-back Seventies, electric Eighties, and unplugged Nineties, right up to the sale of the last guitar. 'As an avid rock or blues fan, I would look at all the pictures in this book.' - Eric Clapton Historical and technical information for each piece in the collection - including playlists and concert dates for those instruments used on records and at public appearances - completes the story behind each guitar. 'The guitars are things of great beauty.' - Eric Clapton
(Guitar Chord Songbook). A cool collection of the chords and lyrics for 75 of Slowhand's finest. Perfect for players who don't read music but want to strum chords and sing, and equally ideal for more advanced guitarists who don't want to wade through note-for-note notation. Includes: Badge * Bell Bottom Blues * Born Under a Bad Sign * Change the World * Cocaine * Cross Road Blues * Have You Ever Loved a Woman * I Shot the Sheriff * Knockin' on Heaven's Door * Lay Down Sally * Layla * Riding with the King * Strange Brew * Sunshine of Your Love * Tears in Heaven * White Room * Wonderful Tonight * and more!
With striking intimacy and candor, Eric Clapton tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life in this poignant and honest autobiography. More than a rock star, Eric Clapton is an icon, a living embodiment of the history of rock music. Well known for his reserve in a profession marked by self-promotion, flamboyance, and spin, he now chronicles, for the first time, his remarkable personal and professional journeys. Born illegitimate in 1945 and raised by his grandparents, Eric never knew his father and, until the age of nine, believed his actual mother to be his sister. In his early teens his solace was the guitar, and his incredible talent would make him a cult hero in the clubs of Britain and inspire devoted fans to scrawl “Clapton is God” on the walls of London’s Underground. With the formation of Cream, the world's first supergroup, he became a worldwide superstar, but conflicting personalities tore the band apart within two years. His stints in Blind Faith, in Delaney and Bonnie and Friends, and in Derek and the Dominos were also short-lived but yielded some of the most enduring songs in history, including the classic “Layla.” During the late sixties he played as a guest with Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, as well as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and longtime friend George Harrison. It was while working with the latter that he fell for George’s wife, Pattie Boyd, a seemingly unrequited love that led him to the depths of despair, self-imposed seclusion, and drug addiction. By the early seventies he had overcome his addiction and released the bestselling album 461 Ocean Boulevard, with its massive hit “I Shot the Sheriff.” He followed that with the platinum album Slowhand, which included “Wonderful Tonight,” the touching love song to Pattie, whom he finally married at the end of 1979. A short time later, however, Eric had replaced heroin with alcohol as his preferred vice, following a pattern of behavior that not only was detrimental to his music but contributed to the eventual breakup of his marriage. In the eighties he would battle and begin his recovery from alcoholism and become a father. But just as his life was coming together, he was struck by a terrible blow: His beloved four-year-old son, Conor, died in a freak accident. At an earlier time Eric might have coped with this tragedy by fleeing into a world of addiction. But now a much stronger man, he took refuge in music, responding with the achingly beautiful “Tears in Heaven.” Clapton is the powerfully written story of a survivor, a man who has achieved the pinnacle of success despite extraordinary demons. It is one of the most compelling memoirs of our time.
