Emmylou Harris wins the Century Award.
Photograph by Caroline Greyshock.

Excerpted from Acoustic Guitar magazine, March 2000, No. 87.

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News RETURN TO TOP	Emmylou Harris was presented the Century Award by Billboard magazine, honoring her for distinguished creative achievement. The magazine presents the award for "uncommon excellence." Previous recipients include George Harrison, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor. Italian classical guitarist Lorenzo Micheli was first-place winner of the 1999 Guitar Foundation of America's Solo Guitar Competition. The prize included $5,000, a handmade Locke guitar, a concert tour, a Naxos recording contract, and Yamaha audio equipment. To learn about next year's competition, visit the GFA Web site at www.guitarfoundation.org.
Events RETURN TO TOP	The Masters of the Steel-String Guitar tour returns this March and April, with Wayne Henderson, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, Eddie Pennington, and Johnny Bellar picking, plucking, and sliding their way from the eastern seaboard to the midwest. Read bios and get the complete schedule at ncta.net/mssg.html or call (301) 565-0654. Austin, Texas, will host more than 800 musical acts, scores of record company bigwigs, and sundry paparazzi at the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival and Conference, March 15–19. Get the scoop online at sxsw.kdi.com. Guilford College celebrates Women's Voices in North Carolina Music as part of its Carolina Roots series. Hear Etta Baker, Mary Jane and Henry Queen, and the Herald Angel Band on March 25 in Greensboro, North Carolina. Learn more by calling (336) 316-2400, or email sterrill@guilford.edu.
Contests RETURN TO TOP	Jim Lauderdale will chair the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at MerleFest 2000. Awards for original songs are granted in each of four categories: bluegrass, country, gospel, and general. Prizes include cash and Epiphone guitars. Entries must be submitted by March 18, 2000. For details, call (800) 799-3838, or visit www.merlefest.org.
In Memory RETURN TO TOP	Singer/bassist/guitarist Rick Danko died in Woodstock, New York, on December 10, the day after his 56th birthday. Danko's melancholy voice and punchy bass playing were at the heart of the Band, the seminal rock act noted both for its inventive roots-oriented originals and for accompanying Bob Dylan on his first forays into electric music. Danko had recently completed a tour in support of his new Web-only release Live from Breeze Hill. Legendary Texas guitarist and singer-songwriter Doug Sahm died of a heart attack in Taos, New Mexico, on November 18. Sahm made his guitar debut on the Grand Ole Opry at the age of six and later founded the Sir Douglas Quintet. In recent years he played with Tex-Mex supergroup the Texas Tornados and recorded scores of albums with artists ranging from Willie Nelson to the Grateful Dead.
Cyber Notes RETURN TO TOP	Acoustic Guitar expands its online lesson series featuring guitar tab, lyrics, and audio clips with a lesson from folk legend Happy Traum. Learn to play and sing a fingerstyle arrangement of "Down in the Valley." Tell us about your favorite music, gear, and trends of the decade by filling out Acoustic Guitar's Acoustic '90s questionnaire at www.acousticguitar.com. Also check out our complete Cyber Notes Archive and follow the hot links to our favorite acoustic guitar–related Web sites.
Meet A.G. RETURN TO TOP	Join Acoustic Guitar at the 12th Annual Folk Alliance Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, February 10–13. Learn more at www.folk.org or phone (202) 835-3655.

 

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