2. Tony BennettEmily
Emily is also the name of my wife. We’ve been together seven years now, and on the second day we knew each other I invited her to a gig that we were playing. We had a weekly gig at a place called Cafe Was. I was very struck with her then, as I still am struck with her today, and we have two young boys now. But I sang to her from the stage, just making stuff up and fooling around. But then I said, "Hey Emily’s here. Do you know this song, ‘Emily’?” I started to sing it to her and since then it’s always spoken to me. I met Tony Bennett in passing once, believe it or not, while out doing publicity. Gee, I just think the world of him. He acted in a movie called The Oscar, playing Hymie Kelly, which you absolutely have to see. But anyway, when Emily and I got married, during the vows, I sang a snippet of the song again for her. Music is always my way of sharing what I love with other people.
