Hello there. 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 howling into the night sky

that Jimmy Hendrix's machine gun is the greatest recording in human history, or else a scrappy

upstart. Completely and thoroughly agreeing that Jimmy Hendrix's machine gun is the greatest

musical recording in human history.

This is your show.

Because ultimately, it is what every writer seeks most.

An ironclad excuse to put off actually writing.

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