(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). 45 roots favorites in arrangements for piano, voice and guitar. Includes: Broken Halos (Chris Stapleton) * Copperhead Road (Steve Earle) * Hurricane (The Band of Heathens) * If I Had a Boat (Lyle Lovett) * If We Were Vampires (Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit) * Live and Die (The Avett Brothers) * Mykonos (Fleet Foxes) * Pancho & Lefty (Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson) * The Story (Brandi Carlile) * Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show) * and many more.
With the publication of his first collection of short stories, "Doghouse Roses, " singer, songwriter, and activist Earle reflects the many facets of his life and his hard-fought struggles--the defeats, and the eventual triumphs he has experienced during a career spanning three decades.
“All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I do.” —Nick Hornby, from Songbook A wise and hilarious collection from the bestselling author of Dickens and Prince, Just Like You, Funny Girl and About a Boy. Songs, songwriters, and why and how they get under our skin… Songbook is Nick Hornby’s labor of love. A shrewd, funny, and completely unique collection of musings on pop music, why it’s good, what makes us listen and love it, and the ways in which it attaches itself to our lives—all with the beat of a perfectly mastered mix tape.
Doc Ebersole lives with the ghost of Hank Williams. Literally. In 1963, ten years after giving Hank the overdose that killed him, Doc is wracked by addiction. Having lost his licence to practise medicine, he lives in a rented room in the red-light district on the south side of San Antonio, performing abortions and patching up the odd knife or gunshot wound. But when Graciela, a young Mexican immigrant, appears in the neighbourhood in search of Doc's services, miraculous things begin to happen. Everyone she meets is transformed for the better, except, maybe, for Hank's angry ghost - who isn't at all pleased to see Doc doing well. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive is a poetic ghost story, as well as a ballad of regret and redemption, and miracles.
(Easy Guitar). Now even beginning guitarists can play 16 Neil Young classics! Includes easy arrangements in notes & tab for: After the Gold Rush * Cinnamon Girl * Harvest Moon * Heart of Gold * Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) * Like a Hurricane * Old Man * Rockin' in the Free World * Southern Man * and more, plus photos and lyric sheets.
Willie Nelson says, "Billy Joe Shaver may be the best songwriter alive today." And legions of fans agree. "Honky Tonk Hero" is the story of a man who not only walked on the wild side and lived to tell about it, but also got it all down in songs that many people consider to be some of the finest country songs ever written.
(Guitar Educational). As a founding member and guitarist of progressive rock group Scale the Summit, Chris Letchford has earned a reputation as one of the genre's most technically fluent and unique players, seamlessly blending such diverse styles as jazz, instrumental rock, and metal. Equally adept on six-, seven-, or even eight-string guitar, Chris focuses on the six-string variety in Progressive Rock Guitar Licks , but includes a bonus section for the seven-string player. The 65 licks that comprise Progressive Rock Guitar Licks are demonstrated on the accompanying video and notated in both standard notation and tab. The licks are grouped according to the scales from which they are derived (A major, D harmonic minor, E Lydian, etc.) and include backing tracks, so you can immediately practice the licks with a full band! Techniques covered include: melodic and syncopated phrasing; slides, hammer-ons, and pull-offs; right- and left-hand tapping; alternate and sweep picking; string skipping; string bending; palm muting; arpeggios; vibrato; and more! The price of this book includes access to video and audio tracks online, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book!
The Americana Guitar Book introduces you to every essential technique that will enhance your musical palette on both acoustic and electric guitar... from Travis and Carter picking, to slide licks and raucous electric guitar work.
The Little Black Songbook returns with the ultimate collection of Country hits from the all-time masters. Presented in chord songbook format, this collection features Guitar chords, diagrams and complete lyrics. Ideal for strumming and singing, this collection places some of the most popular and well-respected country artists at your disposal, including Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Dolly Parton, Patsy Cline, Glen Campbell, Hank Williams and many more! Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, these tunes are ideal for a group singalongs, a spot of busking or, using the Spotify playlist included within the book, simply to explore the rich history of the world's best country music. Included within this little book are: - Always On My Mind (Willie Nelson) - Big River (Johnny Cash) - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (Willie Nelson) - Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys) - By The Time I Get To Phoenix (Glen Campbell) - Can The Circle Be Unbroken (The Carter Family) - Coal Miner's Daughter (Loretta Lynn) - El Paso (Marty Robbins) - Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - Gentle On My Mind (Glen Campbell) - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow (The Soggy Bottom Boys) - I Just Wanna Love You (The Shires) - I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow) - Islands In The Stream (Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton) - Jolene (Dolly Parton) - Lonesome Whistle (Hank Williams) - Long Black Veil (Lefty Fritzell) - Pancho And Lefty (Townes Van Zandt) - Portland, Oregon (Loretta Lynn & Jack White) - A Satisfied Mind (Porter Wagoner) - Sea Of Heartbreak (Don Gibson) - Sin City (The Flying Burrito Brothers) - Sixteen Tons (Tennessee Ernie Ford) - Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette) - Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) - The Tennessee Waltz (Patti Page) - That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine (Gene Autry) - There's Your Trouble (Dixie Chicks) - Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You (Bob Dylan) - Wabash Cannonball (Roy Acuff) - Whiskey Lullaby (Brad Paisley feat. Alison Krauss) - Wichita Lineman (Glen Campbell) - Wildwood Flower (The Carter Family) - You Are My Sunshine (Norman Blake) ... And many more!
Danny Bland’s fictional prose novel about a doomed junkie couple is given depth by his first hand experiences in the ’90s grunge rock scene. “It wasn’t the pounding headache or the all too familiar taste of blood in my mouth that woke me that morning, but the stink of cat piss. They all have cats. Cats and bad tattoos and mops of dyed black hair that reek of cigarettes and watermelon Bubblicious.” This debut novel by veteran Seattle musician Danny Bland follows a pair of outsiders who find themselves locked in the palpable, dizzy grunge-rock scene of early-’90s Seattle. Vulnerable to the high relief of heroin addiction, Bland’s characters ― Charlie Hyatt and Carrie Finch ― are unapologetic protagonists whose epiphanies are as blinding as their weaknesses. Finch, 21, beautiful and dangerous, drowns out the voices in her head and the consequences of a misled life with electric guitars, booze and petulant misbehavior. Her single abiding faith takes the form of an unlikely savior ― ’60s psychedelic musician Roky Erikson. At the ripe old age of 28, Hyatt attempts to make sense of the cards he has been dealt: a miserable job in a porn shop, a drug habit he cannot afford and the wildly unstable woman he had chosen to love. Two damaged people can balance a seesaw for a long time, even finding the illusion of safety; but when one gets off unannounced, the other will fall. As Finch finds sobriety, her sanity and her relationship with Hyatt falter until an inevitable event brings the two back together a decade later.
