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Alan DiPerna has written "Play It Loud: An Epic History of Sound, Style and Revolution of the Electric Guitar."

The electric guitar has played a major role in how music has changed over the decades.

Longtime music journalist Alan DiPerna has written about the instrument and those who’ve used it as part of music’s evolution in his new book, Play It Loud: An Epic History of the Sound, Style and Revolution of the Electric Guitar.