Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young.
Photograph by Henry Diltz.

Excerpted from Acoustic Guitar magazine, January 2000, No. 85.

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News RETURN TO TOP	Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young kick off their CSNY2K tour January 24 in Detroit, Michigan. The two-month trek in support of Looking Forward marks the first tour by the quartet since their blockbuster 1974 outing. Get more information at the official CSN&Y Web site: www.csny.net. Tucson, Arizona, guitarist Brad Richter took first prize in this year's Walnut Valley fingerpicking contest in Winfield, Kansas. Top honors in the flatpicking division went to Carl Miner of Medford, Oregon. Richter and Miner each placed second in the '98 contests. Former John Denver sideman Pete Huttlinger and Jay Buckey nabbed the second and third place trophies for fingerpicking. Roy Curry and Steve Lewis were the runners-up in the flatpicking division. Cheryl Wheeler's anti-violence anthem "If It Were Up to Me" continues to raise hackles, inspire debate, and garner support for gun control. Garth Brooks, in the guise of his alter-ego Chris Gaines, has released the controversial song on his new CD In the Life of Chris Gaines. Dave Matthews dropped his guitar and grabbed the makeup recently as he made his thespian debut. The singer had a part in a remake of the classic 1974 film Where the Red Ferns Grow.
Events RETURN TO TOP	Travel to Timbuktu with Cameroonian broadcasting star Georges Collinet, the sonorous voice of PRI's Afropop Worldwide, when he hosts Afropop Mali Magic 2000 in February. The 12-day cultural adventure features musical meetings with many of Mali's greatest talents. Highlights include a two-day stay with guitarist Ali Farka Toure in his beloved hometown of Niafunké and a visit with Toumani Diabate, the young kora virtuoso featured on Taj Mahal's latest recording, Kulanjan. For details, call (888) 373-4816 or email discover@enteract.com. Five-string wizard Pete Wernick hosts a pair of Winter Banjo Camps near Boulder, Colorado, with a beginner's program running January 11–15 and a more advanced curriculum January 18–22. For more information, write Dr. Banjo at 7930-G Oxford Rd., Niwot, CO 80503, or email PWernick1@aol.com.
Contests RETURN TO TOP	Recorded and released your own CD? Enter it in Acoustic Guitar's Homegrown CD Awards. Each winner will be featured in the magazine and receive a $1,000 certificate for Sweetwater Sound's music-technology catalog.
New Releases RETURN TO TOP	Violin, Sing the Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926–1949 features rare early recordings of rural black fiddlers and string band musicians. Artists include the Mississippi Sheiks, Peg Leg Howell, and Howard Armstrong. Available from Old Hat Enterprises, (800) 331-9802, OldHatRecords@aol.com, www.oldhatrecords.com. Cornshucker's Frolic: Downhome Music and Entertainment from the American Countryside is now available from Yazoo. The first two volumes feature many of the seminal rural recording artists of the 20th century, including Eck Robertson, Uncle Dave Macon, and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Modern Twang: An Alternative Country Music Guide and Directory by David Goodman is now available from Dowling Press, (800) 243-9230. A compendium of all things alt-country, the book includes artist entries from Acetone through the Zeftones. Other sections profile labels, resource materials, and venues that support country music beyond the mainstream.
In Memory RETURN TO TOP	Legendary jazz guitarist Sal Salvador passed away on Wednesday, September 22, 1999, after a bout with cancer. At 74, he was still actively gigging, recording, teaching, and contributing to Just Jazz Guitar magazine. He was a longtime endorser of Gretsch guitars, which introduced the Salvador signature model jazz instrument in 1958.
Cyber Notes RETURN TO TOP	Southpaw pickers looking for advice or some properly oriented chord diagrams will find kindred spirits at Meguana's Web site for lefties. Go to http://homepages.go.com/~hidari77/leftyguitar.html. AxReg.com is offering an international guitar registry and notification service with the hopes of deterring guitar theft and increasing the chances of stolen instrument recovery. Get the details online. Check out the complete Cyber Notes Archives from past issues of Acoustic Guitar.

 

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