Sigman tease

AT THE INTERSECTION OF ABBEY ROAD & TIN PAN ALLEY: "By the late '50s, Carl had racked up a decade of hits, along with a certain amount of unwelcome notoriety," Michael Sigman writes about his songwriter father in the latest excerpt from his upcoming book, tentatively titled Field Notes From a Music Biz Life. "One day, my mom answered the front doorbell to find a rank stranger with her daughter in tow. The stranger asked if they could come in and watch Carl write a song. Without missing a downbeat, Mom said, "He does most of his writing on the john." Give it a read and find out why so many people have become hooked on this series. (9/3a)