Host John Moe welcomes a pair of singer/songwriters/memoirists. Rosanne Cash talks about her love of John Denver, William Shakespeare and Mike Doughty. Doughty returns the love and is enthused over Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and the cavernous cars of the seventies. Plus an update on the lesser Nobel Prizes and a classic from the Wits archive: Andy Richter and Reggie Watts visit, among other places, Mummytown.
Rosanne Cash is a Grammy award-winning songwriter and author; she's likely no stranger to your ears. Daughter of country music singer Johnny Cash, Rosanne's most recent album is The List - her first cover album. The title comes from the list of 100 essential country songs her father told her to learn. Her latest book is the memoir "Composed."
Mike Doughty contains multitudes: Singer. Songwriter. Guitar player. Poet. Author. Playwright. Photographer. Most Improved Camper, West Point Youth Camp, 1982. He's released five solo albums, some EPs, a couple of live albums, a bunch of EDM tracks and remixes, a poetry book, and a memoir about that time he was in a band and didn't like it and took a lot of drugs. Up next is an album of covers, out Nov. 6, wherein he plays songs by John Denver, Cheap Trick, and Stephen Sondheim.
Andy Richter is a master of comedic timing and has a brilliant, sly wit. He can be seen every weeknight on "Conan." In addition to numerous primetime guest-starring roles, Richter starred in the Emmy-nominated series, "Andy Richter Controls the Universe." His feature film work includes Robert Altman's "Dr. T and the Women," "Elf," "Talladega Nights" and "Blades of Glory."
Reggie Watts is an internationally renowned vocalist, beat-boxer, musician, comedian and improv-master who amazes audiences with his unpredictable performances which he creates on-the-spot using only his formidable voice and looping pedals.
