Author: Brian May
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781787390782
Category : Electric guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get the full story behind the Red Special, Brian May's hand-built guitar--a unique instrument that helped make May's musical dreams come true. In 1963, Brian May and his father Harold started to build the Red Special--an electric guitar meant to outperform anything commercially made. Here, Brian talks about of his one-of-a-kind instrument, from its creation on. He played it on every single Queen album and during the band's amazing shows: the roof of Buckingham Palace, Live Aid, the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics . . . and beyond. Along with original diagrams, sketches, and notes, May has included a great selection of photographs of himself with the guitar--which was fully dismantled so it could be shot-- as well as close-ups and X-rays.
Brian May's Red Special
Author: Brian May
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781787390782
Category : Electric guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get the full story behind the Red Special, Brian May's hand-built guitar--a unique instrument that helped make May's musical dreams come true. In 1963, Brian May and his father Harold started to build the Red Special--an electric guitar meant to outperform anything commercially made. Here, Brian talks about of his one-of-a-kind instrument, from its creation on. He played it on every single Queen album and during the band's amazing shows: the roof of Buckingham Palace, Live Aid, the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics . . . and beyond. Along with original diagrams, sketches, and notes, May has included a great selection of photographs of himself with the guitar--which was fully dismantled so it could be shot-- as well as close-ups and X-rays.
Publisher: Carlton Books
ISBN: 9781787390782
Category : Electric guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get the full story behind the Red Special, Brian May's hand-built guitar--a unique instrument that helped make May's musical dreams come true. In 1963, Brian May and his father Harold started to build the Red Special--an electric guitar meant to outperform anything commercially made. Here, Brian talks about of his one-of-a-kind instrument, from its creation on. He played it on every single Queen album and during the band's amazing shows: the roof of Buckingham Palace, Live Aid, the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics . . . and beyond. Along with original diagrams, sketches, and notes, May has included a great selection of photographs of himself with the guitar--which was fully dismantled so it could be shot-- as well as close-ups and X-rays.
Brian May's Red Special Guitar
Author: Brian May
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780972763
Category : Electric guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Red Special guitar was built by Brian May and his father 50 years ago, and has been played on every Queen album and all of their live shows around the world. This book is a full exploration of every aspect of this iconic musical instrument.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781780972763
Category : Electric guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Red Special guitar was built by Brian May and his father 50 years ago, and has been played on every Queen album and all of their live shows around the world. This book is a full exploration of every aspect of this iconic musical instrument.
QUEEN IN 3-D
Author: BRIAN. MAY
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838164522
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Queen in 3-D is an inside view of one of the greatest rock acts of all time told in his own pictures and words by founder member, songwriter and guitarist Brian May. Complimentary 3-D OWL viewer included.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781838164522
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Queen in 3-D is an inside view of one of the greatest rock acts of all time told in his own pictures and words by founder member, songwriter and guitarist Brian May. Complimentary 3-D OWL viewer included.
Diableries
Author: Denis Pellerin
Publisher: London Stereoscopic Company
ISBN: 9780957424654
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher: London Stereoscopic Company
ISBN: 9780957424654
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud
Author: Brian May
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387777067
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In the summer and autumn of 2006 I read several interviews with Brian May in which he mentioned his desire to complete the PhD that he had abandoned in 1974. I looked up the papers he had published while a PhD student, which were on spectroscopic studies of the motion of the dust responsible for the zodiacal light, and felt that there was a basis for a thesis. Since he had been a student at Imperial, I knew, as Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial, that it would be good for the Group if he came and worked with us. I got in touch with him by email and suggested he come and talk about it. He replied enthusiastically and said that he was working on typing up what he had completed by 1974. I gradually realized that I was the only staff member at Imperial who had previously worked on zodiacal dust, so that I would have to act as his supervisor. Eventually we met and I tried to assess whether he would be able to find time for the huge amount of work that finishing off a thesis involves, particularly if it has not been touched for over 30 years. Since some of Brian’s emails were coming from the recording studio I knew there was strong competition for his time.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387777067
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
In the summer and autumn of 2006 I read several interviews with Brian May in which he mentioned his desire to complete the PhD that he had abandoned in 1974. I looked up the papers he had published while a PhD student, which were on spectroscopic studies of the motion of the dust responsible for the zodiacal light, and felt that there was a basis for a thesis. Since he had been a student at Imperial, I knew, as Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial, that it would be good for the Group if he came and worked with us. I got in touch with him by email and suggested he come and talk about it. He replied enthusiastically and said that he was working on typing up what he had completed by 1974. I gradually realized that I was the only staff member at Imperial who had previously worked on zodiacal dust, so that I would have to act as his supervisor. Eventually we met and I tried to assess whether he would be able to find time for the huge amount of work that finishing off a thesis involves, particularly if it has not been touched for over 30 years. Since some of Brian’s emails were coming from the recording studio I knew there was strong competition for his time.
Brian May
Author: Laura Jackson
Publisher: Piatkus
ISBN: 1405513721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
As the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May is one of rock's most recognisable stars. Brian May: The Definitive Biography charts his life from his childhood, through his years studying astrophysics and teaching, to his success with Queen, his more recent projects and his volatile relationship with actress Anita Dobson. Bestselling writer Laura Jackson examines closely the many aspects of the May's life, detailing Queen's struggles to acheive success and what life at the top was really like. It charts the camaraderie and conflicts within Queen as well as the disintegration of May's first marriage, the death of his father and the profound professional and emotional effects of Freddie Mercury's illness and death. Packed with nearly seventy first-hand exclusive interviews with some of May's closest friends, colleagues and fellow musicians - including Iommi, Joe Elliott, Raul Rodgers, Cliff Richard and Spike Edney - this is an extraordinary, inimate portrait of a rock legend.
Publisher: Piatkus
ISBN: 1405513721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
As the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May is one of rock's most recognisable stars. Brian May: The Definitive Biography charts his life from his childhood, through his years studying astrophysics and teaching, to his success with Queen, his more recent projects and his volatile relationship with actress Anita Dobson. Bestselling writer Laura Jackson examines closely the many aspects of the May's life, detailing Queen's struggles to acheive success and what life at the top was really like. It charts the camaraderie and conflicts within Queen as well as the disintegration of May's first marriage, the death of his father and the profound professional and emotional effects of Freddie Mercury's illness and death. Packed with nearly seventy first-hand exclusive interviews with some of May's closest friends, colleagues and fellow musicians - including Iommi, Joe Elliott, Raul Rodgers, Cliff Richard and Spike Edney - this is an extraordinary, inimate portrait of a rock legend.
Big Hair and Plastic Grass
Author: Dan Epstein
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250007240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Epstein takes readers on a funky ride through baseball and America in the swinging '70s in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade. Includes 8-page photo insert.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250007240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Epstein takes readers on a funky ride through baseball and America in the swinging '70s in this wild pop-culture history of baseball's most colorful and controversial decade. Includes 8-page photo insert.
Brian May's Hedgehogs
Author: Rosie Amazing
Publisher: Annelid Press
ISBN: 9781777220327
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
About the Author Rosie Amazing is a four-year-old girl with a gift for storytelling. She loves animals, the band Queen and all things French! She's already published a number of books, including the popular Rosie and Pierre and Burfurt the Kitten series. About the Book Rosie thinks Brian May is a super-cool guy. Not only does he play a red guitar in an epic band, but he is also very kind to animals. Rosie is especially excited about Brian May's special hedgehog garden, where he rescues cute, little hedgehogs and takes care of them when they need help. And wherever Brian May is, cool things are bound to happen. So join Rosie and her special hero on a musical, rescue adventure! When Rosie grows up, she wants to be just like Brian May!
Publisher: Annelid Press
ISBN: 9781777220327
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
About the Author Rosie Amazing is a four-year-old girl with a gift for storytelling. She loves animals, the band Queen and all things French! She's already published a number of books, including the popular Rosie and Pierre and Burfurt the Kitten series. About the Book Rosie thinks Brian May is a super-cool guy. Not only does he play a red guitar in an epic band, but he is also very kind to animals. Rosie is especially excited about Brian May's special hedgehog garden, where he rescues cute, little hedgehogs and takes care of them when they need help. And wherever Brian May is, cool things are bound to happen. So join Rosie and her special hero on a musical, rescue adventure! When Rosie grows up, she wants to be just like Brian May!
Stars and Strikes
Author: Dan Epstein
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 125003437X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Dan Epstein scored a cult hit with Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s. Now he returns with Stars and Strikes, a riotous look at the most pivotal season of the decade. America, 1976: colorful, complex, and combustible. It was a year of Bicentennial celebrations and presidential primaries, of Olympic glory and busing riots, of "killer bees" hysteria and Pong fever. For both the nation and the national pastime, the year was revolutionary, indeed. On the diamond, Thurman Munson led the New York Yankees to their first World Series in a dozen years, but it was Joe Morgan and Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" who cemented a dynasty with their second consecutive World Championship. Sluggers Mike Schmidt and Dave Kingman dominated the headlines, while rookie sensation Mark "The Bird" Fidrych started the All-Star Game opposite Randy "Junkman" Jones. The season was defined by the outrageous antics of team owners Bill Veeck, Ted Turner, George Steinbrenner, and Charlie Finley, as well as by several memorable bench-clearing brawls, and a batting title race that became just as contentious as the presidential race. From Dorothy Hamill's "wedge" haircut to Kojak's chrome dome, American pop culture was never more giddily effervescent than in this year of Jimmy Carter, CB radios, AMC Pacers, The Bad News Bears, Rocky, Taxi Driver, the Ramones, KISS, Happy Days, Hotel California, and Frampton Comes Alive!--it all came alive in '76! Meanwhile, as the nation erupted in a red-white-and-blue explosion saluting its two- hundredth year of independence, Major League Baseball players waged a war for their own liberties by demanding free agency. From the road to the White House to the shorts-wearing White Sox, Stars and Strikes tracks the tumultuous year after which the sport--and the nation--would never be the same.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 125003437X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
Dan Epstein scored a cult hit with Big Hair and Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging '70s. Now he returns with Stars and Strikes, a riotous look at the most pivotal season of the decade. America, 1976: colorful, complex, and combustible. It was a year of Bicentennial celebrations and presidential primaries, of Olympic glory and busing riots, of "killer bees" hysteria and Pong fever. For both the nation and the national pastime, the year was revolutionary, indeed. On the diamond, Thurman Munson led the New York Yankees to their first World Series in a dozen years, but it was Joe Morgan and Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" who cemented a dynasty with their second consecutive World Championship. Sluggers Mike Schmidt and Dave Kingman dominated the headlines, while rookie sensation Mark "The Bird" Fidrych started the All-Star Game opposite Randy "Junkman" Jones. The season was defined by the outrageous antics of team owners Bill Veeck, Ted Turner, George Steinbrenner, and Charlie Finley, as well as by several memorable bench-clearing brawls, and a batting title race that became just as contentious as the presidential race. From Dorothy Hamill's "wedge" haircut to Kojak's chrome dome, American pop culture was never more giddily effervescent than in this year of Jimmy Carter, CB radios, AMC Pacers, The Bad News Bears, Rocky, Taxi Driver, the Ramones, KISS, Happy Days, Hotel California, and Frampton Comes Alive!--it all came alive in '76! Meanwhile, as the nation erupted in a red-white-and-blue explosion saluting its two- hundredth year of independence, Major League Baseball players waged a war for their own liberties by demanding free agency. From the road to the White House to the shorts-wearing White Sox, Stars and Strikes tracks the tumultuous year after which the sport--and the nation--would never be the same.
Queen All the Songs
Author: Benoît Clerc
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0762471239
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Filled with fascinating photographs and juicy behind-the-scenes details, Queen All the Songs illuminates the unique recording history of a mega-bestselling and hugely influential rock band—album-by-album and track-by-track. A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every song ever released by the beloved rock group, Queen All the Songs follows Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John from their self-titled debut album in 1973 through the untimely passing of Freddie, all the way up to their latest releases and the Oscar-winning film, Bohemian Rhapsody. The writing and recording process of each track is discussed and analyzed by author Benoît Clerc, and page-after-page features captivating and sometimes rarely seen images of the band. Queen All the Songs delves deep into the history and origins of the band and their music. This one-of-a-kind book draws upon decades of research and is a must-have for any true fan of classic rock.
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0762471239
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Filled with fascinating photographs and juicy behind-the-scenes details, Queen All the Songs illuminates the unique recording history of a mega-bestselling and hugely influential rock band—album-by-album and track-by-track. A lovingly thorough dissection of every album and every song ever released by the beloved rock group, Queen All the Songs follows Freddie, Brian, Roger, and John from their self-titled debut album in 1973 through the untimely passing of Freddie, all the way up to their latest releases and the Oscar-winning film, Bohemian Rhapsody. The writing and recording process of each track is discussed and analyzed by author Benoît Clerc, and page-after-page features captivating and sometimes rarely seen images of the band. Queen All the Songs delves deep into the history and origins of the band and their music. This one-of-a-kind book draws upon decades of research and is a must-have for any true fan of classic rock.