emitt rhodes was apparently a wunderkind songwriter in the late sixties. then he made a series of bad business decisions and somehow lost everything. he's pretty much been camped up in his house for the last twenty-five years, for all i can tell. i don't know much about him, because he won't pick up his phone or call me back. i pretty much just had to show up the day before the story was due, and knock on the door. once i was there he was quite personable, but had no recollection of ever being interviewed for the article. all he offered was this: "i haven't been feeling well." yeah, no kidding. thanks to mark miller for helping out under highly questionable circumstances, and for preventing me from eating at rally's.    
 
         

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