“I did a show at a club and
Stevie and Bruce came to see
me,” she recalled. “After that
herself. In the mid-80s, she be-
gan her annual tradition of singing “(Christmas) Baby Please
show was over, I was introduced Come Home” on David Letterto Stevie by Lou Adler, a record
man’s show — something she
friend of mine. Stevie told me,
Moving to New York had defi-
producer that was a very good
‘You need to move to New York.
I need to record you.’ I said, ‘Are
you sure?’ and he said, ’Yeah,
let’s just make a deal, one day I
would do for nearly 30 years.
nitely turned out to be a good
idea, but for more reasons than
she or Van Zandt ever imagined.
“I’d been to New York all my
will record you.’ We just didn’t
career, but never thought of
years!”
didn’t know if I could live in New
know it was going to take 30
According to Love, both life
and scheduling got in the way.
living here,” she explained. “I
York with the fast pace and the
winters because living in Califor-
She moved to New York and be- nia you don’t have a winter; you
gan acting in the Lethal Weapon have spring and summer all year
series where she played Danny
long. So, it was a bit of a shock.
She also starred on Broadway
to yourself, ‘did I make the right
Glover’s wife Trish Murtaugh.
in Hairspray, Grease, and, in the
Tony Award-nominated, Leader
of the Pack where she portrayed
NewJerseyStage.com
There were many days you say
decision? Should I move back
to California?’ But the deci-
sion was made to move here
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