If you told me that I would write a song this week with an 82-year-old man who lives in New York City, who is an ordained deacon and former publisher of Stereo Review, whom I only know through our acquaintance on Twitter, I would have said, well...yeah, that does in fact sound EXACTLY like something I would do! Hurray! Edgar Hopper is a delightful soul: thoughtful and intelligent, compassionate and wise, with a great sense of humor and a weakness for cupcakes. It was the latter quality that inspired a little Twitter run of giddiness, and Edgar came up with a few lines that I thought sounded like they belonged in a song. So I wrote one! Edgar recently celebrated his birthday, so I offer this and what is maybe his very first official songwriter's credit as a little present, most humbly. I know that whenever he passes his cupcake shop now, he will smile, thinking about a goofy e-pal woman in Washington State.
Please enjoy charmingly rustic talents (that's my new phrase to describe my low-fi thrashing) which you may download from SoundCloud for NO MONEY AT ALL! If you like, toss over a couple of bones to the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York Widow's & Children's Fund or the St. Augustine's Project in honor of an excellent guy and two great causes near and dear to him. Thanks!
"CUPCAKE GUY"
by MarianneSp and Edgar W. Hopper
Cupcake Guy by MarianneSp
© Copyright 2008- Marianne Spellman