Hi and welcome to the Working Songwriter.

The short 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, complaining that the generator on your tour bus is slightly too loud or else a scrappy

upstart, complaining that Megabus doesn't have any service between Sioux Falls and Iowa City

to route your living room tour. 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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