Poltz Still Mining Fertile Musical Inspiration
It was a reluctant U-turn that led in large part to Steve Poltz's professional reputation and (relative) financial stability.On vacation in Mexico with close friend Jewel Kilcher, the two then-unknown folk singer/songwriters were driving back to the States with a batch of new songs when a breeze blew through an open window of their car and sent the sheet of paper containing the lyrics to "You Were Meant for Me" out into the world.
"I was going to let it go —- we had nine other songs, but she was like, 'No, you have to go back and get it,' " he remembered by phone on tour in Australia a few weeks ago. "Who knew it was the winning lottery ticket?"
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