My experiences with Beck date back to the early 00s, when I was staging my Cabaret Today mock awards ceremonies for my birthday party. Oh, some would not be sarcastic; Madam Sherry Eaker won the first Cabaret Couture Award. But most were the type that ... The great late Erv Raible took home the 'Cabaret Neurotic Award' in 2002.
The next year featured performances by Steve Ross and Julie Wilson as surprise guest performers, and Beck instantly 'got it'!
He dashed off a pithy press release for '03, but due to horrible snow conditions, that show never happened. Yet, and still, I would jump at the chance to work with Beck, again.