Valley of the Dolls!
May 6, 2019With some of the unparalleled stars of a staged reading of the ever-brilliant, never-fading Valley of the Dolls, at a benefit for
I love love love PITBULL
April 28, 2019I love love love PITBULL. Such great spirit, energy, moves, records. I’ve heard him say before that his favorite song of all tim
Had an incredible group of filmmakers from Spain at my house filming a documentary I’m in, The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
April 23, 2019Had an incredible group of filmmakers from Spain at my house filming a documentary I’m in, The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo
A few months before my songwriting world exploded writing for Earth, Wind & Fire, I wrote about a quarter of Herbie Hancock’s Feets Don’t Fail Me Now album
April 22, 2019A few months before my songwriting world exploded writing for Earth, Wind & Fire, I wrote about a quarter of Herbie Hancock’s Feets
Much maturity abounded when we taped Macaulay Culkin‘s BunnyEars.com podcast
April 17, 2019Much maturity abounded when we taped Macaulay Culkin‘s BunnyEars.com podcast at the house a couple weeks ago
THRILLED to be part of the special exhibit that opens today at the Motown Museum in honor of MOTOWN 60
April 16, 2019THRILLED to be part of the special exhibit that opens today at the Motown Museum in honor of MOTOWN 60 and stays open for a year
Robert Downey Jr. has excellent taste in music!
April 15, 2019Robert Downey Jr. has excellent taste in music! Thank you for dancing to my baby.
Andrae Alexander and I recording 4 songs for (hopefully) Patti LaBelle with vocals by Patrice Covington
March 28, 2019Andrae Alexander and I recording 4 songs for (hopefully) Patti LaBelle with vocals by Patrice Covington, Squeak in the Broadway revival of my musical, The Color Purple (written with Brenda Russell, Stephen Bray and Marsha Norman), and Mark Hood on the male duet part. I think we got four killers. Excellent spirit, vocals, and chicken wings all the way around!
It’s Yellow Day!
March 27, 2019It’s Yellow Day! A self-proclaimed theme day on writing day #2 with Ben Jaffe for The Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Neither one of us is shy when it comes to hair or wardrobe or music and lyrics. Coming soon!
A meeting of the hair and minds!
March 26, 2019A meeting of the hair and minds! Writing lyrics here in LA to the four songs Ben Jaffe, mighty leader of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, and I started in New Orleans a few months ago. Four songs in two days, working around the inspiring and constant banging and screwing sounds (in the construction sense of the words) of the workmen right underneath the studio mounting my new air conditioning system to the ceiling. Plus the dulcet harmonies of the portable air conditioners in the room while it’s installed. And then there are the planes from the Burbank airport. A cacophony of sound floating in, out, around, and above Willis Wonderland. But we have our hair! BTW, I’m writing on my phone, not taking time to text. And please notice we are wearing four different colors of shoes.
