. >> for those who do not know who l lauren niro is, how would you describe sthher?as one of the most important songwriters there america has produced. and someone that everybody who wants to write songs should check out in the same sense that anyone who wants to play jazz piano should check out herbie hancock. she was somebody who had these different influences and kind of synthesized them into this or n organic hole. she was coming from the doo-wop, the jazz -- john coltrain of a big influence on her. and she was coming from just the basic folk singer song writing genre, as well. and all of these get synthesized into this kind of organic hole where you get -- where you then just you focus on the drama and the power of the stories that she's telling. >> great storyteller, half italian, half jewish. change her name. >> yeah. it was renally n-i-g-r-o. and i guess she didn't want -- >> she didn't want nigro. half italian, half jewish is enough. i got to be a negro, too? changed it to ,é!n-y-r-o. inducted posthumously into the rock and roll hall of fame, 2012, i think?