You know you’ve hit the mark as a songwriter when Elvis Costello’s drummer wants to play on one of your tunes. Local rock ‘n soul vocalist extraordinaire Andrea Gillis got that honor just last month. “It’s all been a blur and I still can’t believe it,” Gillis said. “One difference is that there are more venues now where you can play two sets of music — Not a lot of venues were doing that before. I love some of it too, though — I mean, can I relate to ‘Ride Like the Wind?’ Absolutely not.
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