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, wondering if you need to go

straight edge again to get your scotch consumption under control, or else a scrappy upstart,

in the bathroom at the All Ages show trying to scrub the X's from your hands. This is your show,

because ultimately it is what every writer seeks

most, an ironclad excuse to put off actually writing.

Hi, everybody. It's the second Friday of April 2022, and I thank you for joining us.

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