The One Man Hustle

Rob Dz names his forthcoming album after the character of Billie Holiday’s husband and manager in the 1972 film Lady Sings The Blues : “He stepped up to the plate as a man and rode through it all with her, like a man is supposed to do,” Dz says of the character, though other portrayals of the real Louis McKay have been less generous. (In response to this, Dz says: "Yeah, it's weird, but I think most people would identify with the movie portrayal of him, a la Billy Dee Williams, over the actual guy.") The actual songs are in the spirit of the good version of McKay. “The Way” carries on one of Dz’s big themes: working, making music, and keeping at it, or as the chorus goes, “Layin’ that zap on the words that I say / stay on the path and I’ll be OK.”