AKA: Vernon Cheely

AGE: 43

HOMETOWN: Augusta

HAS PLAYED WITH: The Drifters, James Brown and Sequence 8

OCCUPATION: Recording artist; music director at St. Mark United Methodist Episcopal Church

FAVORITE CONCERT: KISS at the Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, 1975. "They had an illusion that made them appear to have disappeared. They disappeared onstage and came back, and they kind of blew my mind, you know. But when they came back, they were in different outfits. I don't know how they pulled that off."

FAVORITE MOVIE: Dances With Wolves

FAVORITE SHOW: With The Drifters, Hilton Head Island, S.C., 1985. "The Beach Boys ... The Platters were there, The Coasters -- all the groups that did the doo-wop in the '60s. And that probably was my favorite show. The best part about that show was it was outside, and it was on the beach. It was awesome; I mean, it was packed."

WORST SHOW: With Sequence 8 at a lounge in Thomson, late 1980s. "I had my keyboard propped up on this stand, this makeshift stand, and guess what? Right in the middle of the song, the whole stand fell, the keyboard fell. ... We had a percussion player that had congas and bongos and timbales ... so I jumped over on the bongos."

FAVORITE TV SHOW: The Wire. "It's suspenseful. You never know what's going to happen."

HANDPICKED CONCERT LINEUP: Earth, Wind & Fire, Shining Star; Prince, Purple Rain; Stevie Wonder, Living for the City; Patti LaBelle, If Only You Knew.