You're not going to be a 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,

seething at the font size of your band name on a festival poster or else a scrappy upstart.

Rehearsing in a freezing garage next to your grandmother's Dodge Spirit, this is your show. Because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most.

And I'm in-clad excuse to put off actually writing.

It's the last Friday of March 2018 and I'm glad you're here. Thanks for stopping by. I'd also like to thank everyone who came out to my tour of the Midwest this last month

from Pittsburgh through Buffalo and all points in between. I love bringing music to you and as long as you keep

showing up I'll keep showing up. That's a promise. If you'd like to hear some of my

music live in the coming months here's where I'll be.

Wednesday, May 2nd. I'll be at the Shitty Barn in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

Wednesday, May 16th, I'll be at 310 ACL Live in Austin, the 17th I'll be at the

Mucky Duck, the beloved Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. And if you live in Milwaukee, keep your eyes peeled. I'm working on a

last minute play there in May and also maybe something in Dallas too. So keep your

eyes peeled if you're in those two places and you'd like to hear some tunes. If you're a

listener of this podcast but you've never heard any of my songs before we

should rectify that. That's my main gig, right? So a good place to do that is over at Spotify, stopped by their

search for the words intro to Joe Pug and a playlist will come up with about 10 songs from different albums I've released over the years that'll give you a pretty good picture of what I'm all about.

Finally if you enjoy this podcast, if you'd like to help it

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