On Not being Called for Duets II

What happened? There I was, sitting by the phone, ready for the call from Phil Ramone or Danny Bennett, or Tony himself, asking me to join Tone on one of the tracks for his "Duets II" album. I dunno, maybe the line was busy, so they called Buble or Josh Groban instead. Whaddya gonna do?

I was ready. I was ready to dance with Tony, the way Sheryl Crow did. I coulda gotten that grizzled Willy Nelson look. I was prepared to dye my hair lime green, like Lady Gaga. 

But the call never came.

Well, as they say in sports, there's always next year. I'm ready for "Duets III." "Take my hand, I'm a stranger in paradise..." Hear that, Tone?