Playing with sound : Charlie Christian, the electric guitar, and the Swing Era
Pure tones and solid bodies : Les Paul's new sound
Mister Guitar : Chet Atkins and the Nashville sound
Racial distortions : Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, and the electric guitar in Black popular music
Black sound, Black body : Jimi Hendrix, the electric guitar, and the meanings of blackness
Kick out the jams! : the MC5 and the politics of noise
Heavy music : cock rock, colonialism, and Led Zeppelin.
