Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers, a grand prize winner in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest, has been pursuing his twin passions for words and music since he was a teenager. In addition to recording and performing his own songs, he is a contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered, founding editor of Acoustic Guitar magazine, and author of The Complete Singer-Songwriter and Rock Troubadours (which includes his conversations with Jerry Garcia, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell, Dave Matthews, and ...