The bastard instrument: a cultural history of the electric bass
Brian F Wright
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024
- Copyright:
- ©2024
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- Summary:
- Abstract: The Bastard Instrument chronicles the history of the electric bass and the musicians who played it, from the instrument's invention through its widespread acceptance at the end of the 1960s. Although their contributions have often gone unsung, electric bassists helped shape the sound of a wide range of genres, including jazz, rhythm & blues, rock, country, soul, funk, and more. Their innovations are preserved in performances from artists as diverse as Lionel Hampton, Liberace, Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, the Supremes, the Beatles, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Jefferson Airplane, and Sly and the Family Stone, all of whom are discussed in this volume. At long last, The Bastard Instrument gives these early electric bassists credit for the significance of their accomplishments and demonstrates how they fundamentally altered the trajectory of popular music.
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Brian F. , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- Print version: Bastard instrument [by Wright, B.F.] (Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024 — ISBN 9780472076819; LCCN 2024002501)
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- Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-261) and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 15, 2024). - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Digital Characteristics:
- text file
- Call Numbers:
- ML1015.B35 W75 2024eb
- ISBNs:
- 9780472221707 (electronic book)
0472221701 (electronic book)
9780472076819 (hardcover) [Invalid]
0472076817 (hardcover) [Invalid]
9780472056811 (paperback) [Invalid]
0472056816 (paperback) [Invalid] - Library of Congress Control Numbers:
- 2024002502
- OCLC Numbers:
- 1416997642