Acoustic Guitar

July 1997, No. 55

MUSIC SPECIAL

44 JEWEL Songs of hope for the next generation. By Paul Zollo
Words and music to "You Were Meant for Me" p. 46

52 MARTIN SIMPSON Making the steel strings sing. By Danny Carnahan
Music to "Donal Og/My Generous Lover/The Coo-Coo Bird" p. 54

60 JESSE FULLER One-man blues band. By Elijah Wald
Words and music to "San Francisco Bay Blues" p. 62

66 MARTIN TAYLOR Dazzling fingerstyle jazz. By Jim Ohlschmidt
Solo guitar arrangement of "Georgia on My Mind" p. 68

74 GILLIAN WELCH The new voice of American primitive. By Scott Nygaard
Words and music to "Annabelle" p. 76

DEPARTMENTS

6 CONTRIBUTORS

8 MUSIC NOTATION KEY

10 MAIL

14 JUMP STREET The Goldberg Variations for guitar, Happenings, jazz axman Howard Alden, Donovan's return, and more.

20 REVIEWS Hit List recordings, Legacy reissues, and flatpicking books.

28 A.G. LETTER Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers learns a few music lessons from his two-year-old daughter.

32 SHOPTALK WWW.JOEGUITAR.COM: A step-by-step guide to creating your own Web site. By Elizabeth Papapetrou

39 SONG CRAFT Inside a Classic Song: How harmony builds mood and meaning in Townes Van Zandt's "Pancho and Lefty." By Stephen Dick

93 GEARBOX Equipment picks from this issue's featured artists, and new gear spotlights.

99 FOR BEGINNERS Bass Line Basics. By David Hamburger
Fingerpicking examples p. 101

104 DEAR A.G. Answers to your questions.

106 1902 Martin Ten-String. By Richard Johnston

Cover: On the road with Jewel. Profile and song on page 44. Photo by Steve Labadessa/Outline.