My old chum Jason Gots has a podcast. He solicits words from people, writes a story around the word, sends the word to artists and musicians and asks them to make stuff too. Then he interviews someone famous that I’ve never heard of. <\/p>\n
The word Jason sent me a few months ago was “crown shyness.” He explained that it is a thing which some trees do when they avoid touching one another at their crowns. I’ve never seen such around here. But anyway, here’s the episode of Clever Creature<\/em> which features me and some friends doing “Crown Shy,” a song I wrote just for the occasion. <\/p>\n I’ve had some good musicians around lately, so I made this an ensemble affair. The players, then, are: And, of course, J. Boor on mandolin, vocals, and a crash cymbal which I borrowed from my neighbor Eric. <\/p>\n
\nDemetra Markis – vocals
\nMark Ogren – trombones (sic)
\nDan Schoenfeld – button accordion<\/p>\n