A Mighty Wind: The Illustrated Songbook [Paperback]

Castle Rock Entertainment (Author), Christopher Guest (Introduction)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (October 7, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399529837
• ISBN-13: 978-0399529832
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,257,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Know what you're getting..., June 24, 2004

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This review is from: A Mighty Wind: The Illustrated Songbook (Paperback)

I love these songs, but you should know that this book contains only melody and guitar chords. No guitar, bass, banjo or autoharp tabs. Just melody in the treble clef, and chord charts. You're on your own for harmony vocals, too. And only the Folksmen version of "Never Did No Wanderin'" is included. A few of the songs include the main instrumental lines (Penny Whistle solo in "Fare Away", classical guitar solo in "Skeletons of Quinto", et cetera).

If you're a crappy guitar player like me, you can enjoy just playing the chords and singing these fun songs. If you're decent, you can pick them in a way that sounds good to you. It's just good to know what you're buying.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Potato's In The Paddy Wagon, November 27, 2003

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This is a great book if you like the new Christopher Guest movie "A Mighty Wind." All the songs are here in standard sheet music notation with guitar tablature (most are fairly simple to play, except a couple of the 'Folksmen' songs). There is a colorful if brief history of all three bands, and a short introduction by Guest. Additionally, there are printed and complete versions of all the lyrics printed both within the sheet music and outside of it, where they are easier to read. A special bonus is the music to 'The Catheter Song,' which was scandalously omitted from the soundtrack.

If you like the movie, or just like the music, you will like this book, just understand it's a music book first, and a scrapbook second.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you loved the movie..., November 2, 2003

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Lila Goldman (Boston Area, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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If you loved the movie, you'll love the book! It's filled with excellent and colorful pictures of the cast performing, and sheet music with lyrics to those wonderful and silly songs that are hard to stop singing...Enjoy!