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Lets talk about a maverick. And I don’t mean the Alaskan, hockey mom, road to nowhere kind. I’m talking about Lieutenant Pete Mitchell, call-sign “Maverick.”
That’s the kind of inspiration it took to put together my proudest cover song moment. It was by sheer luck and the resourcefulness of one Shwa, an excellent singer-songwriter to whom people should listen, who caught the band playing “Take My Breath Away,” at The Living Room with accompaniment of three greats, Kevin Johnston, Ivan Sandomire, and Paul Basile. If Berlin should stumble upon this one day, I do hope they do not take this rendition as utter disrespect:
Lisa Box did tell me that seeing the four of us on stage, dueling verses, conjured images of Goose, Mav, Strider and Ice Man playing shirtless volleyball on a hot, sunny day, to the tune of “Playing with the Boys.” You be the judge:
