Garland of Poses

I knew songwriter/singer Garland Jeffreys a little back in the mid-1970s in the West Village, just after his heralded debut solo album (which had some reggae-influenced stuff)  came out and we raved in Crawdaddy.  You might know his song "Ghost Writer" from his acclaimed 2nd disc.   Fun guy, good guy.  Now he's written an op-ed just posted at NYT on his songwriting process forty years later.   Here's one of best songs from that debut, which was supposed to be a hit single: