What instrument do you play?

[Craiga 01453]

I wish!!! I don't have a musical bone in my body.
I played snare drum in my 5th and 6th grade band and that was a challenge for me. I've tried piano, guitar and bass as well as playing a full drum set...uh-uh. Not gonna happen.

I've said many times "in my next life I hope I'm a musician". I was given athletic genes this time around. But I'll tell ya, it takes it's toll on the body. I'll be 40 in January and I have a hard time getting out of a chair some days, or putting on my socks. I've got multiple screws and a metal rod in my body. I've had multiple surgeries. I have arthritis in my hands, shoulder and knees. I have just recently started cortisone steroid injections in my shoulder and knees and will be getting knee replacements within a handful of years.
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade all the memories for the world. Hockey has taken me all over the north east, as well as PA and the Chicago area and several parts of Canada. I've skated on the same ice as the Bruins in the state finals, skated on the same ice surface that the 1980 Miracle on Ice happened (chills head to toe, even all these years later) and even had a gold medal draped over my neck on that same surface Team USA did. I had scouts looking at me to play D-1 and possibly more...but I'd like a new body please, mine is broken.
I no longer play, it's just not worth the pain any more. But music you can play practically forever. I also can't just play hockey by myself, but I could play a guitar any time I wanted (if I could actually play, hahaha).

I did well with the ladies, often times just because I was a hockey player, but nothing gets the ladies like a guitar and a good singing voice...