Crab Soup and Destiny The day I turned fourteen, I got my worker’s permit. I’ve been working ever since. I’ve worked myself up from nothing to a case of extreme poverty. Soon after I got my worker’s permit, I got a job at...
Read MoreChristmas Eve was always a whole lot more fun than Christmas Day for me. My uncle Oscar threw these crazy Christmas Eve parties. They were the highlight of my year. I loved partying with Unc, loved being around the family....
Read MoreRonnie Dunn and the Roasted Vegetables Back in the mid-1980s, a good friend of mine asked me to help him organize a country music talent contest. Nationwide. The friend was Carl Griffin – the guy who signed me to Motown. We were...
Read MoreAngela’s Chicken Stew and The Story of Angela Almost every Sunday, we’d go to my grandmother’s house and have a big Italian dinner. The usual suspects would be there; my Mom and Dad and us three kids, and my uncle Oscar,...
Read MoreMeatballs and Motown When I was a kid, fresh out of school, a friend of a friend got me an appointment in New York City with a pretty big publisher. I had written some songs, which I recorded and produced at a studio in my...
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