Make that doggie proud

Marc with Nellie McKay
At the Paradise Lounge, Boston, Massachusetts
March 14, 2004

I had just purchased Nellie's Get Away From Me less than a week before, based on a brief article about her in Entertainment Weekly. By the time I saw her perform, I already recognized every song she played; within a month, I knew that I had found my #1 album of 2004. If you've heard it but have not had the pleasure of seeing her live, then I could understand if you refuse to believe the following, but here it is anyway: she is not one-third as charming on record as she is on stage. I know. Sounds impossible, but it's totally true. When I mentioned that she looked both thrilled beyond belief and absolutely terrified on her Letterman performance, she told me that yeah, that about covered it. Seriously, stop reading this and buy the album.

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