Had the most interesting co-write of my life recently. A friend and co writer was in town for a choir tour. They had just ministered at my church that Sunday night. As most tourists are apt to do, they set aside Monday to visit the Arch. He had been to the top more times than he cared to admit, so we set up a Monday writing session.
I drove down to pick him up at the riverfront and headed down to one of my favorite lunch spots - Benton Park Cafe on the corner of Arsenal & Lemp (across from Gus' Pretzels). Place has a nice vibe and great food.
TANGENT - If you ever stop in ask about their soup of the day. If it is their roasted red pepper soup it will be one of the greatest days of your life (strictly in a culinary sense, of course!)
Had a fantastic lunch and pulled out a song we had started at least two years ago (I know, TWO YEARS) - a fun uptempo southern gospel number titled...well, you'll have to wait for that one.
We had just finished polishing up the chorus and were finishing up the first verse when he got a call. Time to meet the choir for lunch somewhere on the way to their next service. Made a quick stop to pick up some music he forgot at a church in south city and headed to the rendezvous.
Ended up meeting them at Hampton & 44 at McDonald's. Much different atmosphere from our earlier writing spot, but decent. Molstly clean, anyway. We had a few more minutes, so why not? Kept right on working the song right inside McD's over iced tea.
So that was my first ever traveling co write. Probably won't intentionally set those up in the future, but I suppose when you have a stupid busy schedule, you'll do what you have to to get the song done.
Now back to my corner to get the song done.
