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,

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

So whether you're a grizzled veteran, playing the farm supply stage at the Iowa State Fair,

or else a scrappy upstart, playing the Toyota tent at Lala Paloza.

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

excuse to put off, actually writing.

Hey everybody, it's the third Friday of September 2022 and I thank you for joining us.

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