FULL NAME: Charlie Daniel Lowell

NICKNAME: "Char"

BORN WHERE AND WHEN: Rochester, NY; October 21, 1973

FAMILY STATS: Mom, Dad, two brothers: Andy (25) and John (19)

PETS: "Specks" (Springer Spaniel)

FAVORITE LYRIC FROM A SONG: Do I dare believe and let love lead my life? Could I not believe and leave that love behind? (from David Wilcox's "Do I Dare?")

WORD OR PHRASE YOU MOST OFTEN OVERUSE: "Fabulous!"

FIRST JOB: Cleaning my father's dental office (while in high school)

HIDDEN TALENT: Skateboarding

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Getting caught by the youth group --making out in the choir loft with my high school sweetheart

GUILTY PLEASURE: Starbucks' latte

CURRENTLY IN THE CD PLAYER: The Bends --Radiohead; Hourglass --James Taylor; Turning Point --David Wilcox

YOU'VE BEEN HANDED THE KEYS TO A TIME MACHINE; WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO FIRST? Scotland during Medieval times

BEST WAY TO MAKE YOU LAUGH: Impersonate characters from King of the Hill

MOST ANNOYING HABIT: Fingernail biting

FIRST CHRISTIAN ALBUM YOU OWNED: Amy Grant's Lead Me On

THING YOU CAN'T DO TO SAVE YOUR LIFE: Drive in New York City

FIRST ALBUM YOU REMEMBER BUYING: Synchronicity --The Police

MOST INCREDIBLE DATE: Dinner and Harry Connick, Jr. concert

IF MUSIC WASN'T YOUR CAREER, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'D BE DOING? Playing accordion in downtown Nashville for change

IF YOU WERE AN ANIMAL, WHAT WOULD YOU BE? A hedgehog

IF YOU COULD SWAP LIVES WITH SOMEONE FOR ONE DAY, WHO'D YOU SWAP WITH? Composer/pianist Frederic Chopin

NUMBER OF SPEEDING TICKETS (... HONESTLY): Two or three

NUMBER OF MILES ON YOUR ODOMETER: 15,000

BEST ADVICE YOU'VE EVER BEEN GIVEN: "The best thing I ever did was faithfully tithe" (from my Dad)

IF A MOVIE WAS MADE OF YOUR LIFE, WHO SHOULD PLAY YOU? Johnny Depp

LAST VIDEO RENTED: The Spitfire Grill

MOST MEMORABLE MEETING: Shawn Colvin

WORST MOVIE YOU'VE EVER SEEN: Congo

PET PEEVES: People who tailgate, drive slow, and don't use turn signals

CARTOON CHARACTER THAT REMINDS YOU OF YOU: Schroeder (from Peanuts)

WHAT PRODUCT WOULD YOU DEFINITELY ENDORSE IF ASKED? Coca-Cola

COLLECTIONS: Accordions, Celtic music

FOOD YOU REFUSE TO EAT: Cow liver

DREAM ROLE IN A MOVIE: Mel Gibson in Braveheart

FIRST CAR: Oldsmobile ("The Boat")

DREAM CAR: BMW Z3

MOST PRIZED POSSESSION: 1959 Hammond B-3 Organ

NUMBER OF E-MAILS ANSWERED MONTHLY: 20-30

YOU'VE BEEN MADE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DAY. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? Open the White House to the public.

BEST GIFT EVER RECEIVED: The Lord's abundant grace

FUTURE PLANS: Keep doing what I'm doing, get married and buy a piano

QUESTION NO ONE HAS EVER ASKED YOU BEFORE: "Why are you bow-legged?"

ANSWER: Because my father is

WHAT YOUR EPITAPH WOULD SAY IF YOU WROTE IT: "A servant and lover of people, to the glory of God"

FAVES AND RAVES

VACATION SPOT: Alaska

BOOKS: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee; Transforming Grace by Jerry Bridges

ALBUMS: Plumb by Jonatha Brooke and the Story; Meanwhile by Third Matinee; Shak man by Medeske, Martin and Wood

MOVIES: Braveheart; Tombstone

GOSPEL HYMN: "O Love That Will Not Let Me Go"

FOOD: Sweet and sour chicken

BIBLE VERSE: Romans 8:38-9

COLOR: Gray

BREAKFAST CEREAL: Honey Nut Clusters

ICE-CREAM FLAVOR: Pralines and Cream

COLOGNE: Om (from the Gap)

SEASON: Autumn

'70's TV SERIES: CHIPS

SALAD DRESSING: Ranch

CITY: Montreal, Canada

SOAP: Bath & Body Works

PIZZA TOPPINGS: Ham and pineapple

FAST FOOD ORDER: Arby's Beef and Cheddar

PASTIME: Drinking coffee; golfing

BOARDGAME: Scrabble

CHILDHOOD TOY: Transformers

SHAMPOO: Vibrance

TOOTHPASTE: Crest Smooth Mint Gel

NEWSPAPER COMIC STRIP: Calvin and Hobbes

SONG: "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel

BIBLE CHARACTER: The Apostle Paul

HANGOUT: Urban Outfitters*

*Article transcribed from Release Magazine, February/March 1998, page 50.