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Reviews the book `Jaco: The Extraordinary and Tragic Life of Jaco Pastorius,' by Bill Milkowski.

Reviews the album `You Gonna Lose Your Head,' by Johnny Hoy & the Bluefish.

Reviews the book `King of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis,' by Shawn Levy.

Reviews the book `Billie Holiday,' by Stuart Nicholson.

Features four videotapes, all under the aegis of Guitar Workshop headman Steffan Grossman. Videotapes of blues artists recorded by the University of Washington's ethnomusicology department in the late 1960s as the backbone of the tapes; `Legends of the Delta Blues'; `Blues Up the Country'; `John Lee Hooker & Furry Lewis'; `Big Bill Broonzy & Roosevelt Sykes.'

Reviews the book `Transformer: The Lou Reed Story,' by Victor Bockris.

Reviews the book `RL's Dream,' by Walter Mosley.

Reviews the books `Mapplethorpe: Assault With a Deadly Camera,' by Jack Fritscher and `Mapplethorpe,' by Patricia Morrisroe.

Presents the two-volume videotape `Legends of the Country Blues Guitar,' produced by Stefan Grossman. Blues guitarists featured in the tape; Footages of documentaries about the guitarists; Music renditions.