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Chicago Singer/Songwriter’s Tune ‘You Smell Like Dinner’ To Be Featured On True Blood

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June 28 2011, Published 4:30 a.m. ET

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By Neil Woulfe - Breaking Celebrity News News Director

This Sunday’s episode of True Blood features a deliciously devilish song titled, “You Smell Like Dinner”  -- sounds perfect for the show, right?

But it may surprise you to learn that the producers of True Blood didn’t specially commission the song for the HBO hit vampire show -- the song was actually written a few years ago by Chicago singer/songwriter John Kamys.

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Upon discovering the song, the producers loved it so much, they decided to not only feature the song in the July 3rd episode, they even named the episode “You Smell Like Dinner” after the tempting tune.

Breaking Celebrity News recently caught up with Kamys -- a prolific songwriter and singer whose work ranges from classical music to punk rock to country --upon his return home to Chicago after traveling the world for the past year-and-a-half.

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Breaking Celebrity News: Your song, You Smell Like Dinner, is a perfect fit for True Blood. Did you write the song specifically for the show?

John: I wish I could say, 'Yes,' but You Smell Like Dinner was written a few years before True Blood premiered. But hey, who knows? Maybe something supernatural occurred. In which case, yes, I wrote the song specifically for the show.

Breaking Celebrity News: How did the writer of True Blood find the song then?

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John: I don’t really know for sure, but my band Jinx Titanic & Super 8 C*m Shot has been active for almost ten years now. We tour, release albums, and have a bit of a reputation for catchy songs and outrageous stage shows. Sometimes word gets