Hello. Hello and welcome to the working songwriter.

The show where today's best songwriters come together and talk shop.

I'm your host Joe Pug. Each episode here we meet a distinguished

guest and we ask them to go deep on their inspiration, on their

process, on the general ups and downs of making a life and music.

So, whether you're a grizzled veteran

collecting mailbox money somewhere

or a frustrated genius, out verses on the back

a company letterhead or anywhere in between this is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most, an ironclad

excuse to put off actually writing. Okay, before we get started today I'd like to thank everybody for the great feedback we've been getting over the first two

episodes. As always I'm open to suggestions for future guests so get at me. This last month was a great one on the road. It was a real honor to play some shows with fellow

Road Warrior, Langhorn Slim.

I wanted to remind you that if you want to hear some alternate takes, some live takes of some of my old songs,

you can head over to our YouTube channel where I've started a monthly series called Home Tapes,

so check that out.

Also in that channel, I've uploaded each podcast episode,

the audio there, if that's how you prefer

to listen to podcasts.

So check that out. As always, there's a good chance I'll be heading to your city to play live in the next month.

I will be in Columbus, Ohio, May 11th, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 12th, Cleveland, May 13th, Indianapolis, May 14th,

Carboro, North Carolina, May 18th, Abingdon, Virginia, May 19th,

Charlottesville, May 20th, Asheville, North Carolina, May 21st, in Atlanta

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