Flea

And it had their version of Wichita Lineman on it.

And I remember just... I listened to it over and over again.

And I didn't... I just love the song.

I love everything about it.

And...

You know, it's something that's always in my head.

And then I recalled in my, you know, I'm a big Nick Cave fan.

And I've only had a few times that we've spent time together.

And the last time that I had, you know, hung out with him and spoken with him, he was speaking about his admiration for Jimmy Webb as just, you know, one of the greatest songwriters to ever live.

And I agree with him.

And I was listening back to it.

And at that time,

conversation started playing itself in my mind and I was like oh my god maybe Nick would want to sing on this and I sent it to him

And he responded, he's in the UK, I'm in LA.

He responded within a half hour, said, it's really scary for me to take that on, that that song is so powerful and demands so much, you know, to do it, right?

But I'll give it a stab.

I'm leaving on tour in two days.

I'm going to go right into the studio and try to get it done.

I think either the next day or the day after he sent me the tape of it done.

And