LW musician inspired by virus: ‘Don’t Let Your Nose Hang Out’

COVID CHRONICLES

Musician Linda Herman of Mutual 12 is an observant person, and she has written six songs directly inspired—if you can call it that—by COVID-19 and the times we find ourselves in. Among the most amusing is one called “Don’t Let Your Nose Hang Out.”

The first one she wrote is called “Social Distancing,” a ballroom rap song; then came “Off The Grid,” after she took a trip to the Bishop area to get off the grid, followed by “Covid Blues” and “C’mon Man.” Her last one is called “Politician Privilege.”

She does a lot of walking, mostly to Seal Beach and back, a seven-mile round trip.

“I see so many people wearing masks with their noses hanging out. Why not a song?” she asked herself. “Seems like the words come to my head in the middle of the night. So a song is born, both words and music. Guess it is my way of dealing with all the fear and madness. Personally I refuse to live in fear. How much time do we have left in this world?”

She sees noses peeking out on the LW Golf Course and even at GRF meetings: “What really bothers me is watching GRF meetings and seeing directors and some staff with their noses hanging out. I think that was my real inspiration for the song, also my inspiration for my last song ‘Politician Privilege.’” Here’s the lyrics to “Don’t Let Your Nose Hang Out” and you can see any and all of Linda’s songs on youtube.com. Just type “Linda Herman” and the title of the song and it will pop up.

Linda Herman with her accordian