Abstract
Steve Waksman's book is a selective history of the electric guitar since the thirties, focusing on eight key performers or groups who especially illustrate the instrument's cultural significance. They include the short-lived jazz guitar pioneer Charlie Christian; the very long-lived inventor and performer Les Paul; Chet Atkins, Nashville's versatile "Mr. Guitar"; the urban blues giant Muddy Waters; rock and roll legends Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix; the [End Page 418] band Led Zeppelin; and the MC5, a politically radical white group in late-sixties Detroit.
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