Mary Coughlan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And then my band, the Mermaid Theatre, allowed us to rehearse the songs.
I got in contact with Peggy Lee's granddaughter because she was the only point of contact that I knew, you know, on Facebook, would you believe?
And I got a call from a lawyer in L.A.
saying, ooh, what's this?
And then next, one thing led to another.
I went to meet Mike Stoller, 92, phoned me on the 5th of May last year.
And he said, well, you got to come here.
He said, I keep seeing the tidbits about this on social media.
And will you please come here to L.A.
to meet me and discuss it?
And so I went over last November.
Man, I had the time of my life.
I'm going back in November and bringing Johnny Taylor with me, my pianist.
And we're working with these like amazing musicians.
Greg Cohen is producing.
And my good old buddy, Dennis Desmond, is paying for it.