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Acknowledgments

         For their help in the formulation of my thoughts relating to this book, I would like to thank Chris Roberts, Steve Roullier, Deborah Dill, Diana Dill, Meggan Moorehead, Kristina Holland, Ellen Paisley, Philip Brett, and Anthony Newcomb.

         Professor Dean Suzuki, in addition to offering cheerful encouragement on an almost daily basis as I was writing, provided invaluable research materials from his personal collection, and the interlibrary loan staffs at the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State University were of great assistance. Without the help of Betsy Uhrig, my tireless and tactful editor at Faber and Faber, bringing this book to completion would have been a much more onerous task, and I am thankful for her professional skills and personal support.

         Among the Crafty Guitarists who were kind enough to share their reflections and insights with me, I am especially grateful to Tim Bauman, Ray Jung, Woody Hamilton, Steve Patterson, James Mott, John Relph, Bob Gerber, Tony Geballe, Chris Page, and Dick Bannister.

         For his guidance in clarifying ways to develop relationships with my guitar, my music, and my self, I owe to Robert Fripp a debt of gratitude that quite possibly can never be repaid.

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