A start to a story that doesn’t usually end well.
In fact, it’s usually followed by a missing person’s report and possibly a cross-Canada manhunt and standoff in a motel on the outskirts of town.
Indulge me.
One of the first sentences I was paid to write, almost 30 years ago, was one that kicked off a profile and interview with legendary guitarist and vocalist John Hammond, who was coming to town that week.
Don’t call it a sophomore slump. Call it a “turning point.”
Samantha Savage Smith does. An important one.
And while we’re at it, maybe call her new album, the extraordinarily wonderful, confident and bountiful third release Fake Nice a comeback. A welcome one.
It’s an opening you’d be stupid not to take.
Reaching Reuben Bullock at his temporary home in Joshua Tree, CA, he sounds a little frazzled, perhaps slightly overwhelmed.
Even the simple query of how’s it going is met with … something.