Dream job #3

Thinking about my next dream job on the way into Boston today. Today's dream job: Musician who plays the same note over and over again.

I had my daughter Jacqueline in the car with me, and we listened to music - the Cape and Islands station, 101.9 on your radio dial.

An old lite rock song was playing, heavy and steady on the cowbell. I mentioned to her I thought that might be an easy/desirable job for someone who isn't musically inclined (that is, me).

Jacq, a former violinist and high school band member, straightened me out. "Oh, no Dad....you gotta keep rhythm."

"I can keep rhythm," I said. "I may be mostly white, but I think I can bang a cowbell for 30 seconds straight."

"No, Dad...actually, percussion is very difficult, and all the other members of the band depend on you to do it just right." So I stand corrected.

Maybe I'll be the guy who bangs the same note on the piano for what seems like a minute in the Doobies Brothers song "Take me in your arms (rock me)". That dude aint percussion, and he seems to just hit that same note over and over and over again, as regular as the lies that shoot out of Dick Cheney's mouth.