Check out this article by Jim Sullivan 

I met Tina Shafer about 30 years ago at a party me and my college housemates threw. A wild party it would seem. Tina’s recollection: One of my stoner room-mates kind of actively pursued her and my friend Dale Spear – more on him and what he and Tina started out doing later – locked him in his room for safety. Whew. Skip forward. Shafer – a recording artist/songwriter whose songs have been covered by many, like Sheena Easton and Phoebe Snow, but most famously, Celine Dion -  has been putting on something called the New York Songwriters Circle for 18 years at the Bitter End. She’s bringing that concept here, to Johnny D’s Tuesday Oct. 7 sy 8:30. She will perform with Will Knox, Liz Longley, Chana Rothman and Jesse Ruben.

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