Yeah

... there's, but, [laughs] but there's definitely a, um, as they would say, a pressure that goes into it, um, to filling the shoes of somebody who is so beloved, um, whose legacy touches multiple generations.

I mean, I fell in love with this music, uh, a full, you know, decade, even later than that, after he'd stopped releasing new albums.

Um, he's got a way of connecting with so many different generations, and with people of all ages, uh, and of all walks of life as well.

And so, um, big shoes to fill, but I'm, I'm really looking forward to playing for audiences that love this music, um, and just sharing this music with, with people who already love it, and hopefully sharing it with people who, um, maybe don't know too much about it yet as well.

Yeah

... audition, and then you'd, uh, if you- they liked you enough, they'd have you back for a callback, and, and that would be the process there.

Um, but now, uh, because I'm in Charlotte, North Carolina, is where I'm based now, um, and this, uh, show is produced out of New York City.