FIVE FIRSTS: Renée DaVink of the Magdalens

​NAME: Renée DaVink
BAND AFFILIATION: The Magdalens
INSTRUMENT: Lead Vocals & Guitar

1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT … with my own money – the Police’s
Zenyatta Mondatta. My father had a huge record collection and bought me a few Paul Simon albums and a KC & the Sunshine Band album.

2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … Mac Davis at the New York State Fair

3. THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT I EVER OWNED OR PLAYED WAS … a clarinet

4. THE FIRST SONG THAT I EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC WAS … Our Lady of Lourdes’ Alma Mater

5. THE FIRST BAND I WAS EVER IN WAS … Criminal Poets

Renee DaVink and the rest of the Magdalens are joined by special guest drummer Al Kash for a happy hour show at the Low Beat in Albany at 6pm on Friday (May 22). Admission is $5.