Episode 1188 - David Ritz

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 December 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

David Ritz is one of the most prolific biographers of music industry titans, writing about the lives of artists from BB King to Willie Nelson to Janet Jackson. David tells Marc about his obsessive pursuit of Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin and how chronicling their lives changed his. He also explains why he often enjoys ghost writing for a musician more than writing in his own voice. Plus, David talks with Marc about finding faith through the Blues and writing his own story for a change.

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0:00.0	Fuck the game!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.3	How are you, what the fuckers?
0:12.8	What the fuck buddies?
0:13.8	What the fuck, Nick's?
0:15.9	What the fucksters?
0:16.8	What the fuck is?
0:19.0	How's it going?
0:20.0	I'm Mark Marin.
0:21.0	This is my podcast WTF.
0:22.8	Welcome to it.
0:23.8	Today is Thursday.
0:25.6	If you're downloading and listening on the day it comes out.
0:30.4	Today is New Year's Eve, tomorrow, Friday, the beginning of a New Year.
0:39.5	It doesn't feel like it usually does, does it?
0:44.4	Yeah, I don't know, you know.
0:47.7	I spent a few hours today, a little time yesterday trying to figure out, you know, what to
0:54.9	say.
0:55.9	Do I have a list?
0:58.1	Is there a top 10 of 20?
1:01.3	20 is area, a countdown of bullshit this.
1:07.4	Fuck that, that, this or that.
	...

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