Hi and welcome to the working songwriter. To share 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 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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