You're going to be. Hi and welcome to the working songwriter the 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.

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key tar was, or else a scrappy upstart trying to explain to your

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actually writing. Hey everybody it's the fourth Friday of July 2020 and I thank you for joining us

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