Anyone remember the Richard Daniels books (Be Dangerous On Rock Guitar, etc)

[MarkRhodes]

Ran across a listing for a book of his at thriftbooks.com
Hadn't thought about Richard Daniels or his books in decades. (Indeed, the only thing I know about Daniels is that he wrote these books.)
But I had Be Dangerous On Rock Guitar as a kid.
It was, as far as I knew at the time, the only book available on how to play rock guitar.

Don't recall specific content, though I suspect it's minor pentatonic scale patterns, the 12-bar blues form, a few licks, and maybe chords with roots on the E and on the A strings. No recorded examples.



There was also a note-for-note book on Hendrix. (In retrospect, I doubt it was note-for-note, but that was in the title.) I never had that one, but it sounds familiar, so perhaps I saw it and thumbed through it in a music store.

I'm tempted to get a copy of BDORG to see what memories it stirs from youth.
That book and Leon White's "Styles for the Studio" were pretty much all I knew (from books) about guitar until I started taking lessons from a seasoned jazz player named Tom Floyd when I was in my early 20s. (Tom added books by Vincent Bredice and Pat Martino in my pathway. He was working on his own Mel Bay book at the time, "Quartal Harmony and Voicings for Guitar.")

Now that I'm thinking back, I'm not sure where or when I came across Mickey Baker's book (-volume one, the yellow cover.) Another foundational text for me.

Material by Carol Kaye and Herb Ellis came my way later.

[Dave70]

I remember seeing the Heavy Guitar Bible in the bookstores in the 90s, don't recall the others. Looks like you can get 'em all on Amazon.

[MarkRhodes]

I ordered a used copy of the Blues book.

[MarkRhodes]

A short and strange video about RD's "Blues Inside and Out."
Includes glimpses of the text.

[MarkRhodes]

This is a video tribute to RD's book with a great soundtrack (Elmore James "Standing At The Crossroads," Lowell Fulson's "Rollin' Blues," Chuck Berry's "Guitar Boogie", Jimmy Rogers "Rock This House," and Bo Diddley's "My Babe.")

[Eugle]

Wow, this brings back memories! I had Be Dangerous On Rock Guitar too, it felt like a secret manual back then. That and Mickey Baker’s yellow book were my intro to playing as a teen. Daniels' stuff felt rebellious in the best way. Funny how foundational those old books were. My friend even grabed a copy of BDORG on bas bleu for nostalgia’s sake.

[DawgBone]

I had that Blues Guitar inside and out book. It was crap.

[benhatchins]

I do remember those books floating around, though I didn’t own them myself. Back in the day, anything that looked even a little edgy in guitar teaching got attention. It’s kind of like flipping through old Starz VHS tapes starz.pissedconsumer.com/customer-service.html —feels dated now, but they had their charm. I wonder if anyone has PDFs floating around online. Could be a fun throwback read even if the material isn’t super practical today

[Today]

My stepfather was the “demonstrator” guitar player for the vhs video rock guitar inside and out… I’ve been trying to find a copy of this vhs so i can make it into a dvd or a digital format… if any one is able to find the rock guitar inside and out vhs let me know I’ll buy it