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First Demos
I was walking on the Upper East Side of Manhattan when it dawned on me that there was at least something good about the song... Read More
20
April
2020
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On Opening Day (Fernando Valenzuela)
I was 11 years old and baseball-obsessed when the Dodgers won the 1981 World Series. The late 70s had been difficult: we made the Big... Read More
07
April
2020
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4 Comments
What Is My Problem?
I gave music my best shot. Starting in 1998 and 1999 (when I recorded, released, and re-released Playing God) through late 2003 (when I started... Read More
08
January
2020
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11 Comments
How I Started and Why I Stopped
In 2003, I traded the life of a touring musician for that of an MBA candidate. The transition was abrupt: I toured California with Suzanne... Read More
17
November
2018
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3 Comments
European Tour
In early 2002, Suzanne Vega and Glynn Wood – her front-of-house engineer and tour manager during the Songs in Red & Gray era – invited me on... Read More
02
July
2018
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6 Comments
The Bottom Line
My first apartment in New York was at the corner of Bleecker St. and MacDougal St. That was the epicenter of folk music in the... Read More
18
November
2017
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Deadhead Phase
I heard the studio version of Uncle John’s Band in Mike Lowe’s car on the way home from high school during my sophomore year. Mike,... Read More
10
October
2017
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9 Comments
Opening Act
I toured all over the U.S. and Europe in the late 90s/early 00s, but never progressed beyond opening act. It would have been nice to... Read More
06
August
2017
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Reggae Phase
I had a serious reggae phase in approximately 1984-1985, when I was 14-15. It started with Bob Marley, as all reggae phases do. Survival (1976) and... Read More
30
June
2016
