Joel Rose | freelance journalist

Guitarist Jack Rose was a big man who coaxed a big sound from his acoustic guitar. Friends say he was just as vigorous when he wasn’t playing, so it came as a shock when Rose died suddenly in December at age 38. I filed two stories: one for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and another for NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday.

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