How to Play a Guitar

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'There is no instrument more enjoyable to listen to, to play and to look at than the guitar', says Zolton Zavos, who admits to being a guitar obsessive. 'Not that I'm ashamed of the fact', he writes in this fascinating personal odyssey through the world of the guitar. 'To the contrary, I wear it like a badge of honour.'

From the story of legendary blues guitarist Robert Johnson's pact with the devil, to the guitar-hammering of Metallica and the tragically short career of Jimi Hendrix, How to Play a Guitar is a searing tribute to the people, places and events that have changed the shape of music forever.

Zolton Zavos is a journalist specialising in music criticism and popular culture, and Australian editor of popular New Zealand magazine Pulp. He is also a professional guitarist, playing with Sydney bands Jetstream and Lucid, and teaching guitar to people of all ages, using a revolutionary new method of his own invention.