The First Two Songs- Very Different...

The first song that I wrote was "Hide My Soul." In Linda's book "Ordeal" she recounts how, early in her marriage to Chuck Traynor, he had taken her to a motel, ostensibly for bite to eat. Linda describes how Chuck led her to a motel room and asked her to go inside. In the room were five men in business suits who were enjoying the mini-bar. Assuming that the men were business associates of Chuck's Linda did not think too much about it. It was only when Chuck demanded that she take off her clothes and have sex with the men did Linda realize that her husband had "sold" her as a prostitute.

As Linda described the feelings that occurred as the men were taking turns with her, I imagined that she would have to find a safe place to be in order to make it through the horrifying situation that she was in. She would have to remove herself and literally "hide her soul" until it was over.

The lyrics to the song came flowing out (channeling Linda?). She sings about the lack of pain and that she "can't feel her body." She then travels back in her mind to happier places with friends and family. Anything to keep her safe. From this point on I was hooked on the story and needed to let the world know about Linda Lovelace and her amazing survival story.

After finishing the lyrics to "Hide My Soul" I needed an emotional break and began work on another song that was pushing its way forward in my brain. Linda's co-star in "Deep Throat" was Harry Reems and he was quite a character. According to the legend, he was hired as a lighting assistant for the film and only moved in front of the camera when the leading man failed to show for the shoot. He was a classically trained actor and had done a few porn movies in the past but was by no means famous. Harry was very full of himself- some would say "cocky." And that was the inspiration for my next song. 

I imagined Harry, on the set of "Deep Throat" suddenly becoming a rock star and letting the world know about what he considered his biggest and best asset. Yes, his cock. In order to write the lyrics to the song, I sat down with a large sheet of paper and decided to rhyme everything I could to all of the terms used for a gentleman's "member."  You'd be surprised at how many there are. And that is how Harry's song "My Cock" was born.