Can I have your guitar

Can I ride in your car

Can you give me a role to play

Can we rap, I don’t have much to say

Can I follow you home

Can I use your telephone

Can we crash here for just a few days

We’re from Rolling Stone so it’s o.k.

It all began as a simple two day shot to Oklahoma to do an in-depth interview with former rock-a-rama now country super-star Conway Twitty. Neat trip, I thought on a hot Glendale afternoon. That’s when the phone rang.

A few minutes later my whole itinerary had changed. Tulsa before Twitty because Leon Russell had “granted” to be interviewed before kicking off his latest tour. As well me as another. Why not?

Arrangements made, T shirts and tooth polisher were packed, a sweet homegrown rolled and off down the San Diego Freeway to LA International. I’d never been to Oklahoma. Didn’t know what to expect. Heat and the flatlands. A long, lazy conversation with Leon. Little did I know.

I love airplanes, because there’s no good reason not to get totally wasted for the entire in-flight time lag. Just get on and get off.