A few weeks ago, Nydia and I were watching a KISS concert on video, and we came to the inevitable part when Paul Stanley (in Pete Townsend’s footsteps) smashes an electric guitar to pieces like a sacrifice to the roaring crowd.

Nyd said, “I hate when bands do that.”

“Me too,” I said. “You know there’s a song about it?”

And indeed there is. This one, by one of our greatest singer/songwriters…

“Perfectly Good Guitar” by John Hiatt