I never imagined I would ever see Avril Lavigne mentioned in the same sentence as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Dianne Warren and even Dolly Parton. But that is just my opinion as I compare, in my mind, "Sk8terBoy" to "I get a kick outa you".

I played in a 4 piece band where either the pianist or I wrote the songs BUT we'd split the writing 4 ways so all members of the band would benefit if we became famous, which we didn't LOL. But the idea was there! After all we all threw in ideas in rehearsal to make each song sound like it was played by THE CONMEN! not a song written by one and played by a backing band. We rehearsed a lot and consequently we all got to know our musical idiosyncrasies really well and were able, sometimes, to add to/change the song live and on stage. It meant however that we all had to be on our toes, and sober, at each gig. The buzz afterwards was intense and, thanks to our drug and alcohol counselor bass player, sober.

The only collaborations I do these days are between me, my 12 string and BIAB.

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