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Prairie Bohemian : Frank Gay's life in music / Trevor W. Harrison.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML424.G39 H37 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Trevor W., 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay, Frank, 1920-1982.
- Gay, Frank.
- Stringed instrument makers--Canada--Biography.
- Stringed instrument makers.
- Guitarists--Canada--Biography.
- Guitarists.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- Until his death in 1982, Edmonton luthier and guitarist Frank Gay built guitars for several famous musicians, including country stars Johnny Cash, Don Gibson, Webb Pierce, and Hank Snow. He captivated listeners with his singular talent on guitar and other instruments, and was well known within the music industry. Trevor Harrison's detective work uncovers the story of this private, charming, and bohemian man, doing a tremendous service to Canadian culture and music history. Harrison pieces together Frank Gay's life through interviews with people who knew him and saw him play. Very few recordings of him playing exist, and the sparse accounts of Gay's life and work raise more questions than they answer. Musicians and instrument makers, as well as those interested in Canadian music or Edmonton's colourful past, will be fascinated by this biography of western Canadian luthier, musician, and guitar virtuoso Frank Gay. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Beginnings 1
- 2 Army Tunes 17
- 3 Postwar Toronto 25
- 4 Edmonton the New 31
- 5 The Shop 35
- 6 Guitar Maker to the Stars 45
- 7 World-Class Concerts 55
- 8 The Dark Side 65
- 9 Musical Flights and Nothing More 71
- 10 Giving Back 77
- 11 House Parties and Mr. Montoya 81
- 12 Marriage Redux 91
- 13 Wood Songs from the South Side 99
- 14 Frank Gay's Travelling Music Show 107
- 15 Jack Paget's Tape 115
- 16 Searching for a Miracle 123
- 17 Final Years 127
- 18 Frank Agonistes 137
- 19 Final Days 143
- 20 The Funeral 149
- 21 Legacy 157
- 22 "The Repressed Unmakeable" 173
- 23 Coda 181.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Harrison, Trevor, 1952-, author. Prairie Bohemian.
- ISBN:
- 9781772120479
- 1772120472
- OCLC:
- 891676986
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