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    Prairie Bohemian : Frank Gay's life in music / Trevor W. Harrison.

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    • Title:Prairie Bohemian : Frank Gay's life in music / Trevor W. Harrison.
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    • Author/Creator:Harrison, Trevor W., 1952- author.
    • Published/Created:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada : The University of Alberta Press, 2015.
      ©2015

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Gay, Frank, 1920-1982.
      Stringed instrument makers--Canada--Biography.
      Guitarists--Canada--Biography.
    • Genre/Form:Biographies.
    • Edition:First edition.
    • Description:xvii, 223 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
    • Summary:"Until his death in 1982, Edmonton luthier and guitarist Frank Gay built guitars for several famous musicians, including country stars Johnny Cash, Don Gibson, Webb Pierce, and Hank Snow. He captivated listeners with his singular talent on guitar and other instruments, and was well known within the music industry. Trevor Harrison's detective work uncovers the story of this private, charming, and bohemian man, doing a tremendous service to Canadian culture and music history. Harrison pieces together Frank Gay's life through interviews with people who knew him and saw him play. Very few recordings of him playing exist, and the sparse accounts of Gay's life and work raise more questions than they answer. Musicians and instrument makers, as well as those interested in Canadian music or Edmonton's colourful past, will be fascinated by this biography of western Canadian luthier, musician, and guitar virtuoso Frank Gay."--Back cover.
    • Additional formats:Issued also in electronic formats.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index.
    • ISBN:9781772120479 (pbk.)
      1772120472 (pbk.)
      9781772120660
      9781772120677
      9781772120684
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Beginnings
      2. Army Tunes
      3. Postwar Toronto
      4. Edmonton the New
      5. Shop
      6. Guitar Maker to the Stars
      7. World-Class Concerts
      8. Dark Side
      9. Musical Flights and Nothing More
      10. Giving Back
      11. House Parties and Mr. Montoya
      12. Marriage Redux
      13. Wood Songs from the South Side
      14. Frank Gay's Travelling Music Show
      15. Jack Paget's Tape
      16. Searching for a Miracle
      17. Final Years
      18. Frank Agonistes
      19. Final Days
      20. Funeral
      21. Legacy
      22. "The Repressed Unmakeable"
      23. Coda.
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