I’m with you on “Cathy’s Clown,” Kathryn. The Everly Brothers, in fact,

though I think superbly gifted, have an uncomfortable place in my

consciousness. Way back in my wasted youth I did, like all the rest of you,

a lot of seriously foolish things. One thing I did was mess around with…

substances. Well, this included an acid phase. One day I took far too much

of the stuff and went into a very peculiar state. One feature of it was

that it had a **sound track**; and the main thing I remember about the sound

track was Don & Phil singing “Dream.” The creepy thing was the ABSOLUTELY

PERFECT quality of the recording (all this inside my head, of course). It

was as faultlessly clear — every word, every note — as if they were there

in the room with me. And it was on a loop, over and over.

I have never felt the same about the Everlies since. Why that particular

song came to me in that particular state, I have no idea.