Every week, we’ll be posting a new illustration by David Lester. The Mecca Normal guitarist is visually documenting people, places and events from his band’s 40-year run, with text by vocalist Jean Smith.
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Singing “Family Swan” live was sometimes challenging. Either people in the audience looked like they were crying or I started to choke up, and damn, it is hard to hit those notes whilst crying. Whose idea was it anyway to … oh wait, it was mine.
“Family Swan” from The Family Swan (Kill Rock Stars, 2002) (download):