When Evan Dando rediscovered his acoustic guitar, he found himself heir to a tradition that stretches back to legendary country-blues guitarist Leadbelly, who was first recorded in prison in 1933. Premier folkie Woody Guthrie politicized that sound, and Bob Dylan, a Guthrie clone in his early years, made it the music of a whole generation. When the Byrds started playing Dylan songs on electric guitars, Dylan plugged in and we got folk rock. Since then, it has gotten more commercial in some places, more countrified in others, a little jazzier, and even more acoustic. But the key elements remain the same: an emphasis on melody over rhythm combined with an introspective, cranium- over-crotch mentality. Our chart attempts to trace the influences, but don't hate us for not including everyone. - Mark Petracca, Bob Cannon
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