As you know, I am recording the Next Great American Not Folk Album, because I am an aspiring rock star masquerading as a superannuated folk musician. And my brother, esteemed jazz bass player and mensch about town, contributed the bass tracks, and he is eagerly, nay, avidly anticipating the result of his labors, and he asked me, the other day, on the phone, “So when is this thing going to be done?” And the answer is: soon. It will be done soon. It will always be done soon. Because, like a baby, it takes as long as it takes.

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