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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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Precocious Concertgoer
I was a precocious concertgoer, beginning with Shawn Cassidy at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles in 1978. Like many third graders, I was bowled... Read More
14
January
2019
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2018 in Review
I want my second act to be about the creative process: more art, less commerce. Not that my “art” has ever generated much in the... Read More
17
December
2018
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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
