In the music world, one hit single can take you from relative unknown, playing for peanuts in dive bars, to superstar overnight. You’ve seen it happen. Some of these folks become one-hit wonders. Others go on to have legs, people like The Rolling Stones, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner.
Your band had that one hit and that one hit led to an album. No longer was it only me who tracked your progress, but magazines like Entertainment Weekly and Rolling Stone, media outlets like MTV; you even had a guest gig on American Idol.
Part of me gave up in a way. The intervening years between our night together and your rise to fame became a kind of surreal experience for me. I started seeing your face everywhere: magazine covers, billboards, TV ads, and hearing your sultry, smoky voice from my
