Guitar Dreams - new book coming out!

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 13 Jun 2014 4:11 am

My new book is coming out (probably in July). It will be available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and all other booksellers as well as from. Centerstream/Hal Leonard is putting it out as a hardback. The book includes steel guitarists, standard guitarists, luthiers, and even a uke and a banjo player as well as an extensive interview with the Steel Guitar Forum's own Rick Aiello. Here's the blurb and cover.

Guitar Dreams is a collection of interviews, articles and photographs that celebrate plucked string musicians and luthiers whose work delights, challenges, and inspires all of us who care passionately about the back stories behind the music and the instruments we love. Many of these pieces first appeared (some in different form) in the pages of The Fretboard Journal and Acoustic Guitar Magazine while others appear here for the first time. Included are many previously unpublished photographs.

 Nato Lima (virtuoso nylon string guitarist)
 Jerry Byrd (steel guitar pioneer)
 Louie Shelton (studio guitar veteran)
 Cindy Cashdollar (master steel guitarist)
 Gabor Szabo (jazz and world music pioneer)
 Amos Garrett (Telecaster master)
 Muriel Anderson (Fingerstyle virtuoso)
 George Barnes (seminal jazz guitarist)
 Bill Tapia (centenarian musician)
 Elliott Randall (studio guitarist extraordinaire)
 Bud Isaacs (pedal steel innovator)
 Ray Jackson (mandolin on Maggie May)
 Rick Aiello (pickup & aluminum lap steel guru)
 Bill Asher (luthier to the stars)
 Estaban Bojourquez (creator of art guitars)
 Carroll Benoit (resophonic master luthier)
 Bill Hardin (Weissenborn luthier)
 Steve Spodaryk (re-imagining 19th century Martin guitars) and more

Jeff Spencer · Post by **Jeff Spencer** » 13 Jun 2014 4:21 am

Ooohhh, this looks good. Look forward to this read.

Peter Jacobs · Post by **Peter Jacobs** » 13 Jun 2014 5:59 am

Way cool, Andy. Congrats!

Bob Stone · Post by **Bob Stone** » 13 Jun 2014 8:19 am

Congratulations Andy. Keep 'em coming.

All the best,

Bob

Mitch Druckman · Post by **Mitch Druckman** » 13 Jun 2014 8:30 am

Can't wait to read it.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 13 Jun 2014 9:48 am

If it's anything like as good as your previous book it will be excellent.

What about a book about pedal steels next ?

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 13 Jun 2014 1:18 pm

Thanks! Never say never, but there are a zillion people on the forum better qualified than I to write about pedal steels.

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 13 Jun 2014 3:47 pm

Yes, but you need a talent for writing, not just a technical knowledge of what you're writing about, and you have that.

Doug Beaumier · Post by **Doug Beaumier** » 13 Jun 2014 3:52 pm

Congrats, Andy. It looks great.

Paul Honeycutt · Post by **Paul Honeycutt** » 13 Jun 2014 5:25 pm

Looks great! Can't wait to read it.

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 15 Jun 2014 1:05 pm

Thanks! I'll post when it's out and available.

Bob Blair · Post by **Bob Blair** » 16 Jun 2014 8:30 am

Add me to the list of people who are eagerly awaiting the book! Congratulations Andy.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 16 Jun 2014 10:05 am

Me too!

Brian McGaughey · Post by **Brian McGaughey** » 16 Jun 2014 7:48 pm

Looking forward to it!