I LOVE Melissa Etheridge. No, I don’t think you understand. It’s not the impossible love that some guys have for lesbians because they know there’s just no way in the world it’s going to happen and that drives them nuts and they live for being driven nuts. It’s quite simply her voice and her guitar and the way she knows how to use them. From the first moment I saw her doing “Bring me Some Water” on David Letterman back in the 80s she had me. She’s got that way of grabbing you by the collar of your heart and saying “Ya ready, hang on here we go.” that just makes me grin from ear to ear.

I just downloaded her version of Tom Petty’s Refugee off iTunes and Oh. My. God.

Springsteen once called her his little sister…I think lil sister grew up and is getting ready to leave big brother in his own dust.