Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer may well be my favorites of the so-called "great" American songwriters of this century. There's a certain simplicity and "down-home" character to their music that I really like. I suppose they really don't measure up to the likes of Cole Porter, the Gershwins, Jerome Kern, and Richard Rodgers & Associates; but I really have fun with the music of Carmichael and Mercer.
-Joe Offer-