Jericho: The Geek Choir of Angels

For four minutes and thirty five seconds in February 1985, the "keytar" was cool.

Heck, this wasn't just cool - this was pure, uncut, whole grain awesome!

I remember watching this part of the Grammy awards that year. I hated award shows (still do) - they were usually boring. But, they kept saying Thomas Dolby, Herbie Hancock, Howard Jones and Stevie Wonder were going to perform. These were four artists I admired the hell out of, even at the tender age of 13. I wasn't aware they were going to perform together.

I watched this performance in gape-mouthed awe. The stacks of synths, computers and who knows what else, the colorful players, the music! My fascination with electronic music and jazz was sealed whether I knew it or not.

Today I heard a song from Howard Jones and thought about this performance. I felt an odd pang of regret that I didn't have a recording of this. But, then my brain kicked in and said "Duh! You Tube?" ... and of course You Tube delivered like Dominos! Could I love You Tube more? No!

Looking back, this performance isn't significant as a work of art - it's for an awards ceremony after all. Its significance flows from the fact that it was a cooperation of four great performers and it was a ton of talent on one stage. This is something that formed a bit of who I am and I'm happy to be able to share it with you all.