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    Number One with an Axe! A Look at the Guitar’s Role in America’s #1 Hits, Volume 8, 1990-94
    Number One with an Axe! A Look at the Guitar’s Role in America’s #1 Hits, Volume 8, 1990-94
    Number One with an Axe! A Look at the Guitar’s Role in America’s #1 Hits, Volume 8, 1990-94
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    Number One with an Axe! A Look at the Guitar’s Role in America’s #1 Hits, Volume 8, 1990-94

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    Number One with an AXE! Volume 8 looks at the guitar work that peppered the #1 hits of the early 90s. The musical landscape started to shift during this era; the guitar took its lumps as synths and vocal harmonies took center stage, but our six-string friend still has a few nifty tricks up its sleeve!

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    PublisherMichael Rays
    Release dateNov 26, 2021
    ISBN9781005247669
    Number One with an Axe! A Look at the Guitar’s Role in America’s #1 Hits, Volume 8, 1990-94
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    Michael Rays

    Michael Rays grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He graduated from Northwestern University and served nine years in the Navy, flying the SH-60B Seahawk helicopter. Michael lives in Billings, Montana with his wife and daughter.

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      Number One with an Axe! A Look at the Guitar’s Role in America’s #1 Hits, Volume 8, 1990-94 - Michael Rays

      Number One with an AXE!

      A Look at the Guitar’s Role in America’s #1 Hits

      Volume Eight: 1990-94

      By Michael Rays

      Published by Michael Rays at Smashwords

      Copyright 2021 Michael Rays

      Also by Michael Rays, published at Smashwords:

      Number One with an AXE! The Fifties

      Number One with an AXE! Volume 2: 1960-64

      Number One with an AXE! Volume 3: 1965-69

      Number One with an AXE! Volume 4: 1970-74

      Number One with an AXE! Volume 5: 1975-79

      Number One with an AXE! Volume 6: 1980-84

      Number One with an AXE! Volume 7: 1985-89

      Guitar Odyssey: A Journal of Musical Growth

      Guitar Odyssey 2: Talkin’ Dirty

      Six-String Sleuth: A Guitar Player’s Guide to Figuring Out Song Chords

      Headers: Scores & Headlines from Brazil 2014

      Number One with an AXE! is a look at the role of the guitar in America’s #1 Billboard hits. Guitar gadfly Michael Rays listens to, comments on and scores each #1 hit in terms of four guitar-centric criteria: riffage, rhythm, fills and solos. The result is an exploratory history of the guitar at the pinnacle of American pop music.

      The eighties were the greaties. Now here come the nineties, complete with email, the internet and the continued rise of hip-hop. What does it all mean for the guitar? Put on your baggy overalls and let’s find out!

      Table of Contents

      Riffs on Guitar Odyssey

      Ode to Guitar Players

      Methodology Used

      1990

      1991

      1992

      1993

      1994

      Facts & Statistics

      About the Author

      Riffs on Guitar Odyssey

      Back to Table of Contents

      …you quickly get into the spirit of the project and it becomes great fun to read.

      - darkerthanblue.wordpress.com (Deep Purple blog)

      Rays creates a chronicle of growth that will immerse and inspire fellow guitar players who have their own 'impossible' playing goals and aspirations…

      - D. Donovan, Senior eBook Reviewer, Midwest Book Review

      …a surprisingly entertaining read.

      - Last Best News

      …Michael Rays has crafted a literate, interesting, funny and, oddly, moving account of his six-string journey…

      - Missoula Independent

      You learn, as Rays did in real time, that the journey towards achieving something, even if it seems simple at first blush, can be trying, surprising, and fulfilling with ample happy accidents in between.

      - Guitarkadia.com

      Ode to Guitar Players by Michael Rays

      Back to Table of Contents

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