Guest: pointing out that you won't insult my intelligence is a sneaky way of attempting to do so, but I forgive you.

Back to the original question...

Trained for conservatory on trumpet as a youth, but had a secret collection of Kingston Trio. Ditched the classical performance idea and went through a decades-long reggae fling. Now it's nothin but trad (on the banjo for crissake -- and I'm sure my childhood teachers are spinning in their graves). Reggae is now saved for very long drives. Always wished I could write songs (even timeful ones), but it's apparently not in me.