OK, Gregg's writerly voice was preserved though working "with" another writer, which is always important, as is his sensibility, philosophy of life, and confessions. He has five children, all with different women, four musicians and a nurse out of those, has drunk hard, used lots of drugs, and been a heroin addict, notably married to superstar Cher.
I've been thinking about how much of the music I love(d) has been written and performed by alcoholics and drug addicts, in particular heroin addicts. I haven't knowingly welcomed any drug addicts in my adult life, but the ones I've met in coffee houses tell me that all addicts are liars who know how to hide their habits, even from those they live with. They seem to think that Twelve Step Programs are the way to go.
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video went poof! Taken down Nov 2022
