I am a terrible prophet. At work sometimes someone will put on there cd. I brought the Tift cds once and no one commented one way or the other.

One guy was upset cause someone had said the music he played was too racy. I pointed out that the lyrics in the Tambourine song might raise some ire.

Another time I played AC at work. My coworker seemed to like it. When the cd blanked out for a moment he said "oh, no." or something like that. But he didn't ask who the singer was or anything.

Before Tift came to Birmingham, Al my sister suggested going to the concert with me. On a drive to Nashville to go to our cousins wedding I played Tambourine. She and her husband talked during the record. Then later when she found out that Tift wouldn't start performing until 9PM she said she couldn't stay up that late. Yet she will do so for a basketball game.

I am afraid I've been a failure in attracting other fans. But I can continue to be a super trooper.

Robert,

Back during the Tambourine tour, I purchased a CD for my niece, then an up and coming "piano prodigy" (really a 14 yo "BRAT"), that both Tift and Zeke were kind enough to autograph in her favor. Anyway, she would not listen to any of the music I played for her when she came to visit me that year let alone an autographed Tambourine CD. !! In fact, she lost interest in music all together, so I decided to hold on to the CD since I decided she was simply not worthy of it, or any gift from me at all ! Roll forward 5 years , last year I mailed 2 copies of "AC" to each of my sister-in-law's. Anyway, one liked "AC" and one did not care for "AC", but her daughter, the "piano kid" did and I quote - "Hey that Tift Merritt CD you sent to my Mom is good S***, I really love the songs Hopes Too High and I Know What I'm looking for Now" - last I saw AC it sat in the console of her jeep. It took 5 years, but I was finally able to introduce an "uninterested" listener to Tift. It's been 4 months since I have been for a ride in my niece's jeep, but your post reminded me, now is probably the time to mail her, her own autographed copy of the Grammy nominated CD "Tambourine". Anyway, don't beat yourself up - as I have tried to illustrate you can lead people to Tift, but you can't make them listen to her music unless they want to.   Peter

 Hey man,  you can't please all the people all the time.   No matter what you do or how hard you try, people have different tastes.  The point is you are kind enough, and passionate enough about Tift's music to promote it.  That's all there is.  You can shout and shout, some just won't hear.  Keep spreading the love.  It WILL come around.  

I've been telling everybody since ... "as he walked away I wondered, if I live to be one hundred will I find a way to show you how I feel?" ... That was too country....

They looked at me/us as the fools that we are....  I'm happy to be that fool, a terrible prophet.