HEY! What's new? I've lived (livid?) with this delemma for years. I couldn't begin to tell you the number of screwups I've had with the problem of understanding diction from performers who ONLY recorded when they had a mouthful of marbles! George Austin (Seattle) tells a goofy story on me ... about the time I called him just before a gig I did, probably 15 years ago. I called him late at night, or perhaps it was early in the morning, and asked him to clerify a line. And I also received a call about midnight one night, from a friend who was performing live in Chicago. He was between sets, and begged me to give him the correct verbage to a song he wanted to do. Ah ... such is the life of a performer! (ain't it great) CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson