[Robert Siegel:] Sure, we could spend another minute detailing yet another American industry that's in financial quicksand this week, but devoted as we are to reporting the sounds of this country, we thought we'd take some time out instead to bring you this one...
[Lloyd Mager:] Ow. That hurt my ear.
[Robert Siegel:] That is a sound of a conch shell, C-O-N-C-H. And it was also the sound of the man who was blowing it, a conch-honker who is not just any conch-honker: Lloyd Mager is now king conch-honker after winning Key West's 47th annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest. Congratulations.
[Lloyd Mager:] Yeah, I won in 2007, also.
[Robert Siegel:] So this is you're a return champion.
[Lloyd Mager:] I am a return champion. Thank you.
[Robert Siegel:] Well, since you have performed and you've been you've won the competition, what are you going to play for us right now?
[Lloyd Mager:] "Strangers in the Night."
[Robert Siegel:] Okay.
[Lloyd Mager:] Here we go.
[Robert Siegel:] And that was the winning performance.
[Lloyd Mager:] Yes, this year.
[Robert Siegel:] Lloyd Mager, again, your day job in Key West?
[Lloyd Mager:] Lloydstropicalbiketour.com. Check it out.
[Robert Siegel:] Okay, thank you very much for sharing your artistry with us. Lloyd Mager, who is this year's king conch honker in the Key West Conch Shell Blowing Contest.
[Lloyd Mager:] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.