Research Catalog
How the Fender bass changed the world
- Title
- How the Fender bass changed the world / by Jim Roberts.
- Author
- Roberts, Jim (James H.)
- Publication
- San Francisco : Backbeat Books, [2001], ©2001.
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | ML1015.B35 R63 2001 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 190 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
- Summary
- "This history reveals the true colors of the Fender electric bass: as a powerful agent of change in popular music and popular culture. It tells the story of technological and artistic evolution, of basses and players - and of their profound influence on the world around them.
- Celebrating the instrument's 50th anniversary, How the Fender Bass Changed the World salutes the revolutionary impact of the bass in the hands of James Jamerson, Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, Carol Kaye, John Entwhistle, Jaco Pastorius, Sting, and other bass visionaries and virtuosos past and present."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Marcus Miller -- Ch. 1. Long Before Leo -- Ch. 2. Just Before Leo -- Ch. 3. A Bass Is Born -- Ch. 4. Butterflies & Basses -- Ch. 5. Jail Break -- Ch. 6. Ride the Wild Bass -- Ch. 7. Carol & Joe -- Ch. 8. St. James -- Ch. 9. All You Need Is Bass -- Ch. 10. The Big Boing -- Ch. 11. S. F. Giants -- Ch. 12. Jack It Up -- Ch. 13. Thumbslingers -- Ch. 14. The World's Greatest Bass Player -- Ch. 15. Battleships & B Strings -- Ch. 16. Dance, Dance, Dance -- Ch. 17. Miles Ahead -- Ch. 18. Forward Into the Past.
- ISBN
- 0879306300 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001025381
- OCLC
- 46319707
- ocm46319707
- SCSB-14493154
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries