friday five
a new feature here at jde blog.
1. What was the first band you saw in concert?
this is funny. we were just talking about this last night. mine was blacksmith union. go ahead, try to look them up. they are no more.

2. Who is your favorite artist/band now?
also funny. i do not play favorites. i like too many different things, on too many different days.

3. What's your favorite song?
see above. i have different favorites at different times. they rotate. new ones come and go. right now, it's a tie between over the rhine's "latter days" (see below), and jars of clay (don't knock it till you've tried it!) "world apart."

4. If you could play any instrument, what would it be?
a little known fact about your blogger here: i play lots. oboe, guitar, english horn, mostly. although i haven't played english horn in years. i can also play drums, and any other woodwind i get my hands on. however, i have always lusted after the cello.

5. If you could meet any musical icon (past or present), who would it be and why?
wow, the knee-jerk reaction would be john lennon. but i can't say i'd get all that much out of the conversation. i'd just try too hard to sound deep, worth his while. so i amend it to say ella fitzgerald. we'd just drink some expensive red wine, eat chocolate, and talk. or maybe we'd forget about talking and i'd just have her sing to me.