“I didn’t really get his music” until they played a show together two years ago, James says. “But that night at the acoustic show, it was very quiet and I really listened and heard some of the things he was saying. He taught me the value of a good lyric, a good phrase, and a clever way of saying something that all of us think but never think to voice. … He is a cut above most of his peers in creating vivid visual images.” ”