Hi and welcome to the working songwriter, the show where today's best songwriters come to talk shop.

I'm your host, Joe Pug. Each episode here, we host 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 in music.

So, whether you're a grizzled veteran, getting your COVID vaccine so that you can return

to your gig at the local American Legion, or else a scrappy upstart, getting vacced so you can

return to your noise rock residency at a local gyro shop.

This is your show, because ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most, an ironclad

excuse to put off actually writing.

Hey everybody, it's the third Friday of March 2021, and I thank you for joining us.

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