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,

mispronouncing Spotify as you bitterly curse it,

or else a scrappy upstart discovering that open gee really does make you sound like

Keith Richards. This is your show because ultimately it is what every writer seeks most, an ironclad excuse to put off actually writing. Hey everybody it's the last Friday of November 2017 and I thank you for joining us

man I had a great time on the road with Elephant Revival, so thanks to everyone

who came to those shows all the way from Highland, Michigan to Fairfield, Connecticut.

It was a blast.

It was a great two weeks and obviously thanks to Elephant and their crew.

If you'd like to hear some of my music live in the upcoming months,

here's where I'll be.

December 4th, I'll be at the Rakuin Motel in Quad Cities, Iowa to see my old friend Sean from

Day Trotter who has a venue now. That's going to be a great show. I'm looking forward to it.

December 5th. I'll be at the Turf Club in St. Paul the 6th at City Winery in Chicago,

December 7th at Madison's Union Theater at the University of

Wisconsin, December 8th in Grand Haven, Michigan, at the Tri-Cities Historical Museum,

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