Six-String Heroes

by Neil Zlozower, Steven Rosen (Contributor), Steve Vai (Contributor)

In a career spanning more than 40 years, legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower has documented an amazing who's-who of the most influential and dynamic guitarists from the late 1960s to today. Six-String Heroes collects live, candid, and studio shots of 150 of the greatest guitar players in rock, metal, punk, blues, and beyond, including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ritchie Blackmore, Slash, Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Zakk Wylde, Dimebag Darrell, Tom Morello, Carlos Santana, Les Paul, John Lee Hooker, Chuck Berry, Pat Metheny, Al Di Meola, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen, Edward Van Halen, Angus Young, and many more. Also featuring a foreword by Steve Vai, and including text from unpublished interviews with the guitarists throughout by music journalist Steven Rosen, Six-String Heroes is a celebration of the music, the players, and the instrument.

Genres: Music, Photography

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Danny · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very cool collection of photos of guitar legends doing their beautiful thing on stage or in studio, accompanied by some choice quotes from each. The book features many different guitarists, who all have their own take on this perfect instrument. Read straight through in one sitting. Loved it.

[Serge Pierro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Clearly, Neil Zlozower has the skill set, and the love, to get iconic photographs of guitarists - either live in concert or relaxed portrait shots. A wide range of styles are covered throughout (though the emphasis is clearly on Rock) and an impressive array of guitarist are included. It was a joy to see the main influences of my own playing covered: Alan Holdsworth, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin and Al DiMeola, alongside my earlier influences of Jimmy Page and Tony Iommi. Steven Rosen provides some interesting anecdotes/interviews - from many of the featured guitarists.