Acoustic Guitar

August 1996, No. 44

FEATURES

40 MY SECRET PLACE The guitar odyssey of Joni Mitchell. By Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
Music and lyrics to "Just Like This Train" p. 44

58 AMERICAN CLASSICS The life and times of the original 12-fret guitar. By Richard Johnston

68 THEY GOT RHYTHM A round table with father and son jazz masters Bucky and John Pizzarelli. By Hal Glatzer
Jazz rhythm workshop p. 71

DEPARTMENTS

6 CONTRIBUTORS

8 MUSIC NOTATION KEY

10 MAIL

14 JUMP STREET Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lester Flatt, and guitarists in the buff.

20 REVIEWS Hit List record reviews, guitar history books, and guitar shareware.

26 SONG CRAFT Freewheelin' Mark Eitzel: American Music Club's former frontman finds new inspiration as a solo artist. By Dan Ouellette

31 A.G. LETTER Mark Apel visits a guitar-making shop in Madagascar.

37 SHOPTALK The Guitarist's Tool Kit: What gear you need to bring to the gig.
By Mark Frink

85 GEARBOX Equipment picks from this issue's featured artists, and a review of the Enhancr.

90 FOR BEGINNERS The G-Run Boogie. By Happy Traum
Music: "Mama Don't 'Low" p. 92

96 WOOD CHOPS Hot End Runs. By Stefan Grossman
Music by Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Boy Fuller, and others p. 98

107 SOLO Kent Murdick introduces a 1913 guitar rag by A.J. Weidt.
Music: "Me Melican Man" p. 107

112 DEAR A.G. Answers to your questions.

114 GREAT ACOUSTICS 1856 Schmidt and Maul. By George Gruhn and Paul D. Johnson

Cover: Joni Mitchell and her Baby Collings. Story on page 40. Photo by Jeffrey Thurnher/Outline.
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