Play It Loud logo generating some of the artist’s

generating some of the artist’s most dramatic and dynamic on-stage performances ever

Queens concert where Dylan performed publicly with The Hawks (later to become The Band) for the very first time

rhythmic picture book about finding the music that is perfect for you

Two CD collection of early Dylan demo recordings seeing their first commercial release nearly five decades after they were first recorded

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Play It Loud logo generating some of the artist’sAuthors: Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna The electric guitar has long been an international symbol of freedom, beauty, and rebellion. In Play It Loud, veteran music writers Brad Tolinski and Alan di Perna give us the story of this American icon. Its a story of inventors and mythologizers, of scam artists and prodigies as varied and original as the instruments they spawned. The electric guitar looms large over the twentieth century: as an essential