Our original name was Wild Country, but when we first went to The Bowery, they had the name of all 50 states around the edge of the club, so we went to the sign that said 'Alabama' and stuck our band name underneath it.

The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.

I didn't run to the other club. I stuck it out.

I've worked with a band, and it's nice to have someone to travel around with, but I didn't like it as well on stage.

Our original idea was to help three or four hundred candidates in the first election run for the Ohio State legislature and the California legislature around the country.

"I used to sign vouchers and sign-out sheets with 'Alexandra Dee.' Somehow it stuck.