1. "I Ain’t Blue"I bought "Give It Up" first. And one of the great crimes of the digital era is that the original, faster version of "Too Long At The Fair" has been lost to vinyl, that’s the only place it appears, and it’s what hooked me on Ms. Raitt. And for a long time, [...]

I got an e-mail from a guy listening to this band saying he becomes so enraptured he misses his freeway exit.
And the imagery and the fact that this guy had no business involvement, he was just a fan, made me check it out.
And this stuff is always bad. Amateurs who’ve got no idea where the [...]

This music recommendation thing is tricky. I’d never share what I’m listening to on Facebook, I’d be afraid of the abuse. But I was driving in Brentwood at one in the morning and when I pulled up to the mailbox there was a song on Sirius XM’s Coffee House that had me transfixed.
Now I’ll admit [...]

You should know that when we were recording my version of "Stupid Boy", Dann Huff wanted the track to end when I said "…long gone, long gone…"at the end.  He didn’t want a solo section at all.
It took a lot of convincing, but I finally said, "DUDE.  FREE BIRD.  The song has to end with [...]