Don Juan to Release First Album
“Together we’re Don Juan, that’s our name,” says singer/songwriter John Dodge. Dodge and partner Don Cooper will release an album with their band of three years. They hope to have music released “by the end of the summer.”
“It took a long time to shuck the robe of responsibility,” commented Cooper. While the duo has been performing, Cooper has kept a job as and English teacher “just in case.” After three years of performing and teaching, Cooper’s music will finally be getiing to an audience.
The group does have performance experience. Last summer they performed with music icons Jackson Browne and James Taylor. Taylor had been a fan of the group in the past and Browne has become a “real solid supporter.”
“Nobody settles for anything less than the best,” says Dodge about the songwriting process. The group has had trouble writing songs in the past and they fight about song points, but the “creative tension” helps build new songs. One critic has criticized the group for doing “nothing original” and “the ones thy do write are not worth hearing.”
Nicely done, Riley. The quote lead works pretty well, which is unusual.
OK on paraphrasing and punctuation of quotes.