eMedia Music to distribute Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War DVD

Seattle, WA – October 29, 2009, eMedia Music Corp., through its distribution agreement with Lightning Lab Productions, announces the release of Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War on DVD.

The Stratocaster vs. The Les Paul

Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War focuses on the five decade competition of sounds between the two guitars featured on more popular recordings than any other instrument during the rock era, the Stratocaster and the Les Paul. The documentary features players, historians, instrument dealers and collectors expressing their views on the competitive influences of the Stratocaster and the Les Paul from the start of their conception and design in the early 1950s to present day. The soundtrack and performance segments feature guitar solos played on those two instruments with styles of music highly representative of the time periods that are discussed in the documentary.

Among those contributing commentary are:

• Joe Bonamassa who was named Best Blues Guitarist by Guitar Player Magazine’s readership in their 2008 Reader’s Choice Awards.
• Derek Trucks, famed slide guitar virtuoso who leads his own group and played with Eric Clapton’s band during his 2006-2007 world tour.
• Henry Garza, guitarist and singer with the Grammy Award winning Los Lonely Boys.
• Gary Hoey, internationally acclaimed guitarist who has composed for ESPN’s Summer X Games.
• George Gruhn, owner of Gruhn Guitars and considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on vintage guitars.
• Richard R. Smith, author of Fender: The Sound Heard ‘Round The World, which has been viewed as the definitive book about Fender guitars and Leo Fender.

Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War DVD will be available in stores nationwide on December 1st at an estimated retail price of $14.95. A trailer for Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War is available online at www.solidbodiesthemovie.com.