Its title track also introduced me to Hiatt’s sly, curmudgeonly sense of humor. “Perfectly Good Guitar” indicts rock stars for smashing guitars—a move they’ll regret when they’re “whistling every note ...

Back in 1993, the great John Hiatt sang, “Oh, it breaks my heart to see those stars/Smashing a perfectly good guitar.” Whether allegorical or not, Hiatt – in his song, Perfectly Good Guitar, from his ...