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Episode #43 is a celebration of RSD Drops #1, June 12, starring Daniel Lanois, Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth of Tom Tom Club, Cameron Crowe, John Carlin from Red, Hot + Blue, and Sam Calagione from our sponsor, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Also sponsored by Tito's Handmade Vodka and Kino Lorber DVD's release of the Billie Holiday documentary, Billie. Go to RecordStoreDay.com for up to the minute info on all things RSD. Please rate us, review us, and subscribe wherever you get podcasts.

Bryan and Jason recap last week's interviews with songwriters Los Angeles-based songwriter Emily James and Seattle-based songwriter Sue Ennis, who co-wrote more than 70 songs with Ann and Nancy Wilson, of the platinum-selling rock band Heart. Bryan talks about why his personal connection to Sue, through his dad who passed away in 2003, made that interview special. Jason plays a message from a super fan. And Bryan and Jason preview upcoming interviews with animators Michael Surrey and Shawn Krause who joined Spire Animation Studios in 2021 after working for Disney/Pixar for decades. 

Sue Ennis is an internationally-recognized songwriter. Best known for co-writing more than 70 songs with Ann and Nancy Wilson of the platinum-selling rock band Heart, Sue has more than 35 million records sold, including 10 gold, 4 platinum, 1 triple platinum and 1 quintuple platinum album. Sue recently co-wrote and performed on Nancy Wilson’s first solo album, You and Me, which was released last Friday. She also teaches songwriting workshops and her “Craft of Songwriting” class sells out every quarter at Shoreline Community college. 

What you will learn:

• How she met Ann and Nancy Wilson as a teen, and how that friendship blossomed into a decades-long songwriting collaboration.
• What it was like writing songs in the early days with Ann and Nancy, and how they have been able to maintain that same rapport and collaborative spirit for so long.
• How Sue collaborated with Nancy Wilson on Nancy’s first solo album, You and Me, which was written and recorded during the pandemic, and released in May of 2021. 
• How Sue and Nancy collaborated to write and record the title track, You and Me, for Nancy’s first solo album. 
• Why Sue chose not to pursue a career as a live performer. 
• What she learned early in her career about copyright and publishing in the music industry. 
• What Sue thought of the grunge scene in Seattle in the late 80s, why she was not initially impressed and didn't understand the appeal of Mother Love Bone when the band was first starting out, and why she has profound respect for Kelly Curtis who managed Mother Love Bone and later Pearl Jam after Anthony Wood passed away.  
• The origin story of the Lovemongers, a band Sue formed with Ann and Nancy Wilson in the mid 90s. 
• How music royalties are divided between songwriters, performers, and publishers. 
• What it was like touring with Heart throughout Europe. 
• How Sue met Bryan’s Dad, Greg Smith, when Greg was Heart’s tour pilot. Sue also tells the story of an adventure with Greg in Germany, which involved landing a plane at a closed airport on a dark runway. 
• How songwriting is both a craft that can be taught/learned, and an art with an element of magic that perhaps can’t be taught/learned. 
• What it was like receiving a limited edition, signature Nancy Wilson Martin Guitar in the mail, as a gift from Nancy. 
• Sue’s advice for Bryan about how to finish a song he wrote in high school but never finished.  

Resources:

• Sue Ennis’ Website and Twitter
• YouTube Video for the title song from Nancy Wilson's first Solo Album, You and Me

Episode #41 features Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub talking about their new album Endless Arcade (Merge), Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Nancy Wilson of Heart talks about her solo album, You And Me (Carry On Music) and scoring films for Cameron Crowe. If The Grand Ole Opry is Nashville's "motherchurch," then Grimey's New And Pre-Loved Music is the "other church." Doyle Davis of Grimey's discusses their history and the three releases he's curated for this year's RSD Drops (June 12, July 17). As always, RSD's Carrie Colliton brings us the Record Store Day News. Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and Tito's Handmade Vodka. Go to RecordStoreDay.com for up to the minute updates on the RSD Drops dates this summer.  

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Season Two of Storyophonic will launch on Monday, April 30th.We’re excited to be bringing you interviews with rock stars, composers, engineers, record producers, hall of fame song writers and music supervisors.Our special guests include Nancy Wilson Of Heart, Leland Sklar, acclaimed bassist for James Taylor, Jackson Brown and Phil Collins.  Platinum producer and President of Blue Note Records, Don Was and the creator of Post Modern Jukebox, Scott Bradlee.  We’ll introduce you to Emmy winning Television composer, Snuffy Walden,  Grammy & Tony winning Songwriters Hall Of Fame Inductee, Allee Willis, Billy Steinberg, the co-writer of True Colors and Like A Virgin, and many more.

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Note to self: Please make sure you press record on BOTH voices before you start recording!  We discuss the "hiatus" with the world of Heart, Styx and their concept album, Freddie Mercury, Michael Anthony and Journey.  Finally, we spend a good chunk of the pod discussing the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the sea of snubs that need to be corrected.

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