My old chum Jason Gots has a podcast. He solicits words from people, writes a story around the word, sends the word to artists and musicians and asks them to make stuff too. Then he interviews someone famous that I’ve never heard of.

The word Jason sent me a few months ago was “crown shyness.” He explained that it is a thing which some trees do when they avoid touching one another at their crowns. I’ve never seen such around here. But anyway, here’s the episode of Clever Creature which features me and some friends doing “Crown Shy,” a song I wrote just for the occasion.

I’ve had some good musicians around lately, so I made this an ensemble affair. The players, then, are:
Demetra Markis – vocals
Mark Ogren – trombones (sic)
Dan Schoenfeld – button accordion

And, of course, J. Boor on mandolin, vocals, and a crash cymbal which I borrowed from my neighbor Eric.