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, trying to fit back into the spandex tights that you

wore in your 1985 arena tour, or else a scrappy upstart, trying to purchase an ironic t-shirt

from that tour at Urban Outfitters, this is your show.

As ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most, an ironclad excuse to put off, actually

writing.

Hey guys, it's the first Friday of February, 2021, and I thank you for joining us.

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