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“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 2016 - ISSUE 2 Table of Contents 9