Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar

Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar is a 2008 documentary film by Kent Hagen. It spotlights the development and history of the classic electric guitar as well as certain players who made them famous.^[1] Covering of genres including rock, blues, rockabilly, country, hard rock, and punk it presents interviews with Les Paul, B.B. King, Duane Eddy, Scotty Moore, Billy Gibbons, Slash, George Thorogood, Joe Satriani, and Elliot Easton.^[2] The film was the Winner for best documentary at the 2008 Route 66 Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Kerry Doole, in his review for Exclaim! was critical of the film and wrote, "A so-called "history" of the electric guitar that doesn't include interviews with Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck or Pete Townshend but spotlights corporate rockers like Neal Schon (Journey), Steve Lukather of Toto (featured way too much here) and Mick Jones (the Foreigner one, not the Clash guy) is rather lacking in credibility."^[3]

References

^ "Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
^ Waksman, Steve (May 2010). "It Might Get Loud. David Guggenheim, director. Sony Pictures Classics, 2009./Les Paul—Chasing Sound. John Paulson, director. John Paulson Productions, 2007./Solidbodies: The 50-Year Guitar War. Guy Hornbuckle, director. Lightning Lab Productions, 2007./Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar. Kent Hagen, director. Passport, 2008". Journal of the Society for American Music. 4 (2): 267–271. doi:10.1017/S1752196310000106. ISSN 1752-1971.
^ "Stars And Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar │ Exclaim!". Stars And Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar │ Exclaim!. Retrieved 2024-10-17.

External links

Stars and Their Guitars: The History of the Electric Guitar at IMDb

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[1] "Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2024-10-17.

[2] Waksman, Steve (May 2010). "It Might Get Loud. David Guggenheim, director. Sony Pictures Classics, 2009./Les Paul—Chasing Sound. John Paulson, director. John Paulson Productions, 2007./Solidbodies: The 50-Year Guitar War. Guy Hornbuckle, director. Lightning Lab Productions, 2007./Stars and Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar. Kent Hagen, director. Passport, 2008". Journal of the Society for American Music. 4 (2): 267–271. doi:10.1017/S1752196310000106. ISSN 1752-1971.

[3] "Stars And Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar │ Exclaim!". Stars And Their Guitars: A History of the Electric Guitar │ Exclaim!. Retrieved 2024-10-17.

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