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Prairie Bohemian : Frank Gay's life in music / Trevor W. Harrison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edmonton, Alberta : University of Alberta Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 223 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781772120684
  • 1772120685
  • 9781772120660
  • 1772120669
  • 9781772120479
  • 1772120472
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prairie BohemianDDC classification:
  • 787.87/19092 23
LOC classification:
  • ML424.G415 H32 2015
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
  • coll11
  • coll13
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Army tunes -- 3. Postwar Toronto -- 4. Edmonton the new -- 5. The shop -- 6. Guitar maker to the stars -- 7. World-class concerts -- 8. The dark side -- 9. Musical flights and nothing more -- 10. Giving back -- 11. House parties and Mr. Montoya -- 12. Marriage redux -- 13. Wood songs from the south side -- 14. Frank Gay's travelling music show -- 15. Jack Paget's tape -- 16. Searching for a miracle -- 17. The final years -- 18. Frank agonistes -- 19. Final days -- 20. The funeral -- 21. Legacy -- 22. "The repressed unmakeable" -- 23. Coda.
Summary: Long-overdue biography of the enigmatic Western Canadian luthier, musician, and guitar virtuoso Frank Gay.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
eBook eBook e-Library EBSCO Biograhpy Available
Total holds: 0

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 19, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. Army tunes -- 3. Postwar Toronto -- 4. Edmonton the new -- 5. The shop -- 6. Guitar maker to the stars -- 7. World-class concerts -- 8. The dark side -- 9. Musical flights and nothing more -- 10. Giving back -- 11. House parties and Mr. Montoya -- 12. Marriage redux -- 13. Wood songs from the south side -- 14. Frank Gay's travelling music show -- 15. Jack Paget's tape -- 16. Searching for a miracle -- 17. The final years -- 18. Frank agonistes -- 19. Final days -- 20. The funeral -- 21. Legacy -- 22. "The repressed unmakeable" -- 23. Coda.

Long-overdue biography of the enigmatic Western Canadian luthier, musician, and guitar virtuoso Frank Gay.

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