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How to Play the Guitar and Y: Words + Music, Vol. 21

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“This isn't strictly speaking an instructional manual, but a work of comedic philosophy.”Elvis Costello - songwriter, singer, author, and Fender Jazzmaster known to his admirers as “The Little Hands of Concrete” - spins his tale with wit, grit, and spit to spare. How to Play the Guitar and Y, Costello’s new entry into Audible’s Words + Music series, combines recitation, impersonation, and musical illustration to show you how to turn a three-chord trick into a four-chord caper and let your curiosity take you where it will. Part madcap musical method, part comic chronicle, How to Play the Guitar and Y is accompanied by the author throughout on a number of different instruments with his 10 wandering fingers. So gather round your favorite listening device to hear a storyteller and musician at his most captivating as he reminds you not to be afraid to fail and to never forget to play. Read more

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I bought it on Amazon for $6.08 and then downloaded the audible app. It uses my existing Amazon password. I was able to play it in my vehicle and had a great time listening to it. Not surprisingly it isn't an actual guitar playing tutorial but more of a whimsical, often funny, memoir about learning and playing guitar and various aspects of guitar in popular music. EC is eloquent, clever, creative and often self-effacing - but we already knew that about him. Also - it isn't merely a reading of text like a run of the mill audiobook - there are a lot of custom musical sound clips and sound effects. Definitely worth a listen, actually I'm certain I'll listen to it again. I don't think a person would necessarily need to be a guitar player to enjoy it, but guitar players will probably enjoy it more than others. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2021 by Michael P. McCullough

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