Awhile back in Chicago, Leroy Bach asked me to join in on a song he was recording. I was to be singing in a girly trio type thing along with my good pals, the divas of the barroom, Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor. It was for a project he was producing for his friend Sonny Smith. Sonny is awesome. He’s a San Francisco native, a traveling-troubadour type dude, the kind of guy who always wears a hat. He’s toured around and recorded with some of my most esteemed musical contemporaries, like Jolie Holland and Neko Case. So anyway, this record’s been out for a few months now. It’s called FRUITVALE and it’s very very good. I’ve been negligent about posting it to my discography — got my copy last week though, so here it is.
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