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Guitar Player

The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever

By: Jim Crockett,Dara Crockett

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Guitar Player

The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever

By: Jim Crockett,Dara Crockett

Foreword by Joe Satriani Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever is a reflection on Guitar Player's often pioneering early days, from its 1967 founding through its 1989 sale by founder Bud Eastman and editor/publisher Jim Crockett. This book looks at the magazines evolution from a 40-page semi-monthly to a monthly exceeding 200 pages, with a gross yearly income that grew from $40 000 to nearly $15 million. The story is told by many people important to Guitar Player's history, including Maxine Eastman, Bud Eastman's widow, and Crockett, who edited this book with his daughter Dara. Also here are recollections of key personnel, including Tom Wheeler, Jas Obrecht, Roger Siminoff, Mike Varney, Jon Sievert, George Gruhn, and Robb Lawrence; leading early advertisers, such as Martin, Randall, and Fender; and prominent guitar players featured in the magazine, including Joe Perry, George Benson, Pat Travers, Country Joe McDonald, Pat Metheny, Steve Howe, Lee Ritenour, Johnny Winter, Steve Morse, Larry Coryell, Michael Lorimer, John McLaughlin, Stanley Clarke, Liona Boyd, Steve Vai, and many others. Among the many illustrations are then-and-now shots of performers and staff, early ads, behind-the-scenes photos from company jam sessions (with such guests as B. B. King and Chick Corea), various fascinating events, and key issue covers. Rich in history and perspective, Guitar Player: The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever is the definitive first-person chronicle of a music magazine's golden age.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1495025918

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Guitar Player

The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever

By: Jim Crockett,Dara Crockett

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The Inside Story of the First Two Decades of the Most Successful Guitar Magazine Ever

By: Jim Crockett,Dara Crockett

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To Be a Problem (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement

By: Dara Baldwin

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To Be a Problem (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

A Black Woman's Survival in the Racist Disability Rights Movement

By: Dara Baldwin

A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of color For over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room when significant disability policy decisions are made. Disenfranchisement of people of color and multi-marginalized communities within the disability rights community is not new and has left many inside the community feeling frustrated and erased. In To Be a Problem, Baldwin candidly shares her journey to becoming a disability activist and policymaker in DC while critiquing the disability rights community. She reveals the reality of erasure for many Black people and people of color in the disability movement and argues that, in turn, many white disabled people center themselves within the work without addressing their own white privilege. Disability rights groups have been centering white, straight, cisgender people while racial justice groups often fail to center disabled people, leading many Black and Brown disabled people to start their own Disability Justice organizations. Drawing from her unique vantage point, Baldwin calls readers to understand the shortcomings of the disability rights movement while inspiring us to push all movements towards a more inclusive and authentic liberation.

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353

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Beacon Press

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0807017388

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9780807017388

MTV Road Trips U.S.A.

By: John Vorwald,Dara Bramson,Kelsy Chauvin,Maya Kroth,Nick Honachefsky,Ashley Marinaccio

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MTV Road Trips U.S.A.

By: John Vorwald,Dara Bramson,Kelsy Chauvin,Maya Kroth,Nick Honachefsky,Ashley Marinaccio

Roadtripping across the country has been a rite of passage for generations. From Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady’s On the Road, to Easy Rider to Thelma and Louise, the journey is the destination, and in Frommer’s MTV US Roadtrips, the old school travel guides and cutting edge authors combine their talents and resources for 10 eclectic rides. Maya Kroth pursues the ‘cue from Austin to Charlotte in a Southern BBQ Roadtrip Ethan Wolff visits the Desert Southwest, on the trail of the first Americans Ashley Marinaccio stays at haunted hotels in search of the unexplained and paranormal, in the Weird Northeast. Our other authors go everywhere from Down the Shore, through the Urban Heartland, and on a tour of West Coast Underground Rock Clubs.

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John Wiley & Sons

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0764587765

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9780764587764

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To Be a Problem (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

To Be a Problem (LARGE PRINT EDITION)

MTV Road Trips U.S.A.

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