Probably the coolest moment on my book tour was going to the...

Probably the coolest moment on my book tour was going to the Tucson Book Festival where I met Charles Wright, of Charles Wright & the 103rd St. Watts Rhythm Band. I got his autobiography and he signed it, and I got to tell him just how much his music had meant to me. And I gushed at him about this 2-LP set, Doing What Comes Naturally, which is inexplicably not out on CD. And probably never will be, according to him, because of rights issues. Such a great album. “I used to try so hard to prove my point. Nobody seemed to want to listen to me.“ This is early 70s funk at its best, and I only have a scritchy old vinyl copy. But you can hear it here!