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Guitar Man

by Will Hodgkinson

"The guitar is central to popular music. It has an enduring appeal. Why should this be so? Will Hodgkinson, with only an afternoon's experience of bashing on a friend's guitar, wanted to find out. He hoped to teach himself a few chords too. On his journey ... he chats to Bert Jansch ... he talks to Johnny Marr and reclusive folk-guitar legend Davey Graham. He travels to America and visits Roger McGuinn of the Byrds ... meets T. Model Ford, an old Blues man living in Mississippi. With a dawning realisation that his talent is limited, and conscious that his wife and children are bored with his obsession, Will wonders whether the gig that he's planned where he'll play in front of over two hundred people wont turn out to be a terrible mistake ... "Guitar man" gets to the heart of contemporary music's love affair with the guitar." -- Back cover.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?