Linda Stout

Caught the Stax Records party, with Booker T. Cool. Waited, but got in, Wednesday, I think. And saw Jim Lauderdale (again for me, and for my friend, who is his biggest fan) at the Continential. Saw him to talk again a day or two later, but was too late for the show. I'd seen him at the Grassroots fest in Trumansburg near Ithaca, which his pals and sometime collaborators, Donna the Buffalo, run. What a great songwriter he is. Also met some people in the airport on the way, in parties, venues. How fun. I was about ready for a break late, late March 17, both South by Southwest and St. Patrick's Day when we couldn't find a cab and called my friend's booking agent pal and her musician husband for a ride. Thank goodness. We would have been hailing cabs all night otherwise.