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An exciting new coffee table book featuring many legendary guitars including Dave Sharp's original acoustic guitar he played in the early days of The Alarm from 1981 through to 1988 is released this week. Immortal Axes reaches the shelves in time for the holiday season making it an ideal gift for musicians and fans of music alike and is currently available through all good book retailers.
Dave's acoustic guitar is photographed in detail with in depth notes to accompany the pages dedicated to Dave.
Below is a review of Immortal Axes.
Music fans will find much to entertain them in Immortal Axes, Guitars that Rock. Many legendary instruments are lovingly displayed in this coffee table book, including Jimmy Page's 1968 Double Neck of Stairway to Heaven fame. Oddities include Jerry Garcia's pretzel-shaped 1981 Alembic.
Shepherd Express,
In this sequel to 108 Rock Star Guitars, photographer Johnson examines 160 guitars, mostly electric, belonging to legendary musicians in a variety of genres, rock, country, blues, and jazz. For each lavishly and lovingly photographed axe, vintage and newer models, she lists the make, model number, and sometimes the luthier She includes a story about photographing the instrument and discusses the importance of the guitar and its player in rock history. Johnson enthusiastically reminds readers about the dominance of raging, explosive electric guitars and the fiery guitarists who helped define music during the last half of the 20th century.
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29 Sep 2021
