My dear friend, Chris Busk, sent Emily some music for her birthday. Tonight while dining we listened to Keith Jarrett's "The Melody at Night, With You". It made for a very nice dinner. Chris is the guy who can give you the background of a musician as well as funny little anecdotes and tidbits of information about them. He is music...he plays it, he listens to it and I'm sure he writes it as well. He is our very own minstrel at every event he attends. He tunes my guitars whenever he is around. When other people are buying gadgets or clothes...he is purchasing instruments. He plays by ear and that has always mystified me.
I look forward to the days when we are all older and he and Emily can sit around with a piano and a guitar or upright bass. When he can start to explain the feeling that goes into the music beyond the notes or tempos. Maybe we'll be able to attend some concerts together. Maybe our dinner parties will have the best live music ever. Lots of maybes but one thing is for sure...the music made our dinner very nice and I believe it made the meatloaf taste a little bit better.
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