{"id":1083,"date":"2008-01-22T18:55:09","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T02:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/01\/22\/artists-respond\/"},"modified":"2008-01-22T18:58:38","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T02:58:38","slug":"artists-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lefsetz.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/22\/artists-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists Respond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Re: Luck of the Draw\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<p>Hi Bob,<\/p>\n<p>Nice to read your comments about my song &#8216;Luck Of The Draw&#8217;. I actually wrote it in LA in 1990 when I was staying at what used to be called The Registry Hotel across from Universal Studios just off Lankersheim. It&#8217;s a true story. I was recording the album &#8216;Trick or Treat&#8217; at the time. Gary Katz was producing. I used to stop off for a nightcap in the hotel bar before I&#8217;d turn in each night and she was always there behind the bar, going like &#8216;hey, don&#8217;t talk to me, I don&#8217;t really work here!&#8217; Eventually after a few nights she opened up a bit and that&#8217;s when she said, &quot;I&#8217;m a screenplay writer, really&#8230;&#8217;. That night I went to my room and wrote it in about twenty minutes. Bonnie Raitt came into studio the next day to sing a duet with me on the title track of my record and when we were done she said &#8216;have you any new songs?&#8217; &#8230;She had already recorded another song of mine, &#8216;Not The Only One&#8217;. I said, well I wrote this just last night I haven&#8217;t even got around to demo-ing it yet. She said ..just sing it. So I picked up an acoustic guitar, pulled the lyrics out of my hip pocket (written on Registry Hotel stationery, I still have it) and sang the song. She said, &#8216;Luck Of The Draw. That sounds like an album title!&#8217; and so it became. Glad it spoke to you.<\/p>\n<p>Keep on writing your stuff! I enjoy your spirit and energy&#8230;.even when I don&#8217;t entirely agree with you!<\/p>\n<p>Paul Brady<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Re: Spirit &#8211; &quot;So Little Time To Fly&quot;<\/p>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<p>Bob,<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to share this email with you and your readers from my friend and Spirit member, Jay Ferguson&#8230;. A true \u00e2\u20ac\u0153class act.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Hall<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p \/>\n<blockquote dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\">\n<p>Hey!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sending me the SPIRIT blogs &amp; threads. Pretty amazing stuff.<\/p>\n<p>You tend to forget what impact your music has on people. These are all heartfelt and touching, and are a super tribute to the guys in the band. Wish Randy and John could see them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again.<\/p>\n<p>Jay<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re: Luck of the Draw\u00c2\u00a0 Hi Bob, Nice to read your comments about my song &#8216;Luck Of The Draw&#8217;. I actually wrote it in LA in 1990 when I was staying at what used to be called The Registry Hotel across from Universal Studios just off Lankersheim. It&#8217;s a true story. 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