Richard Gottehrer, whose accomplishments include co-writing "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy," producing "Hang on Sloopy," as well as Blondie's, Richard Hell's and the Go-Go's first albums, not to mention founding the preeminent digital music distribution company on the planet, among many other things, regaled a packed house at Duncan/Channon with his funny, warm, and generally inimitable tales of an incredible musical life.

He even sat down (but just barely) at the vintage upright to bang out a dead-on homage to Jerry Lee Lewis, playing "I'm On Fire," a tune that the songwriter composed at the tender age of 16 and that was later recorded by the Killer himself.

The premiere of Duncan/Channon's monthly Toast of the Tip speaker series, it was nothing less than a masterful performance from this veritable legend and concluded with a well-deserved three-minute standing O.

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