No. 272, August 2015

Has someone found blues legend Robert Johnson’s “lost” Gibson L1 guitar? A look at Johnson and the search for this “Holy Grail.” Emmylou Harris on her latest collaboration with Rodney Crowell; DIY guitar kits let you be a luthier; Arlo Guthrie on the 50th anniversary of “Alice’s Restaurant”; how to find the perfect guitar pick; chromatic approaches in solos and chord progressions; songs to play from Sam Cooke, Happy Traum, and the White Stripes; reviews of Eastman’s E10OM boutique flattop, Yamaha’s A6R dreadnought, and the toaster-sized Blackstar ID: Core BEAM amp; new CDs from Yonder Mountain String Band and Della Mae; and lots more.