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OD OldDog

You know MAB,  another fond memory of that night, at the Bluebird,  was from the only female singer/songwriter in the group.  Sorry, I can't remember her name either.  She was a friend of yours and you warned us she would be hilarious.  She delivered one of the funniest lines I have ever heard as she was setting up her next song.  She mentioned how difficult it was to get any Publisher or Label person to give a songwriter any personal time to pitch a song.   She went on to mention the excuses they would give by saying they would get back with her, when she said "I will be the only person to die from second hand smoke blown up my ass".   That is still a favorite of mine.


The other great line (used in a song) came from Kasey Jones.  It was during a Tin Pan South show at the Listening Room with the featured show of MAB, Jimbeau, Kasey Jones, and Rich Fagen.  What a show that turned out to be.  Anyway, during a song Kasey was singing about recovering from a 'love gone wrong' situation, Kacey sang the line "I could get over him; if I could get 'under' you".  Ha!!!


Another fact about that line,  I heard the actors use it during an episode of the TV series "Nashville".   Not in a song but in general conversation between two female actors on the show.   I didn't think it came across near as funny as when Kasey used it in her song that night at the Listening Room.   I had no doubt who they had stolen it from.


OD