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Paul Yandell, Second to the Best A Sideman’s Chronicle Norm Van Maastricht ISBN: 978-0-7643-5048-1 $24.99 US | £22.99 GBP | $35.99 CAN HC • 288 pp. • 6" x 9" (152 x 229 mm) 60 color & b/w images Music / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass Biography & Autobiography / Music AVAILABLE: NOW 9 780764 350481 5 2 4 9 9 ISBN: 978-0-7643-5048-1 US $24.99 Norm Van Maastricht plays several instruments and has taught music. He played many a gig in many a saloon and music festival locally and with the great and near-great musicians in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some years spent hiring bands in a nightclub gave added insight to working on “both sides of the mic” with a variety of musicians. He resides in California. Blues Hands Joseph A. Rosen 9 780764 349638 5 2 9 9 9 ISBN: 978-0-7643-4963-8 US $29.99 Great joy, great sorrow; gradations of emotion, all expressed in the service of music. Conveys the strength, beauty, diversity, and depth of blues music—hands tell a story. Through images of hands, this book conveys the strength, beauty, diversity, depth, and power of the blues, the root of all American music. It features photographs from Joseph A. Rosen’s 30-plus years of adventure in blues and music photography. Included are such noted music personalities as B.B. King, Gary Clark Jr., Buddy Guy, Al Green, Willie King, Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and James Brown. • Conveys the strength, beauty, diversity, and depth of blues music—hands tell a story • Powerful imagery as well as anecdotes and biographical information tell a story of human experience The book holds rich treasures for lovers of music, photography, and the human form. One need not be deeply versed in the blues to appreciate the beauty, strength, and diversity of those who make it. With powerful imagery, as well as anecdotes and biographical information, Blues Hands tells a story of human experience. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4963-8 $29.99 US | £27.99 GBP | $42.99 CAN HC • 128 pp. • 9 1/8" x 8 1/8" (231 x 206 mm) 88 color & b/w images Music / Genres & Styles / Blues Photography / Subjects & Themes / Celebrity AVAILABLE: NOW Joseph A. Rosen is a freelance photographer based in New York City. His work has appeared in Time, Newsweek , the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and more. In addition to his regular corporate and commercial work, his music clients are among the greatest names in blues, jazz, R&B, soul, rock, Cajun, and zydeco, as well as record companies, management groups, and music publications. He received the prestigious “Keeping the Blues Alive in Photography and Art Award” for 2002. Joseph resides in New York. Learn how a humble Kentucky farm boy rose to play with two legendary performers in country music’s golden era of the ’50s and ’60s. Unassuming late guitarist Paul Yandell described his career not as one of celebrity but as sideman, the musician that audiences hear while they’re focused on the star. From his humble beginnings as a poor Kentucky farm boy learning to play to taking the stage at the Grand Ole Opry, he ultimately gained the trust and confidence of two of America’s finest musicians, Jerry Reed and the incomparable Chet Atkins. • Biography of guitarist Paul Yandell, who fingerpicked his way from “play-parties” to sideman for legends • Reveals the close working and personal relationships he had with “Mr. Guitar” Chet Atkins Compiled from personal correspondence and interviews, Paul’s online posts, and family members, a lifetime in the music business is recounted, from breaking in with the Louvin Brothers in the 1950s to his 25-year association with “Mr. Guitar” Chet Atkins, to his last recording in 2006. Along the way, Paul provides a wealth of information and history about guitar modification, gear and gadgets, and the people and personalities of country music’s golden era in the second half of the 20th century. 21 FEATURED TITLES: SCHIFFER MUSIC