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Kevin Cronin will send in notes from the road to keep everybody updated on the latest REO Speedwagon news right here! Click on the link below to join the mailing list that notifies you when Kevin sends in a new note. Check out the past archived Newsletters for interesting notes from the past tours, developing news on the new CD as well as notes directly from the studio as they were recording "Find your own way home". |
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" kC Newsletter " - 04/13/08
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Past Newsletters
"2008' News" 04/03/08 - WELL EXCUUUUSE ME. JUST BECAUSE... 03/19/08 - Needless to say, my little ones were the stars of... 02/29/08 - The other photo du jour is of John Travolta signing my daughter's Super Bowl cap. ... 02/09/08 - Okay, here is a secret for you…I will be appearing on ... 01/27/08 - WE JAMMED FOR A WHILE ON A NEW SONG I AM WORKING ON CALLED, 01/11/08 - WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE OUR UPCOMING SPRING TOUR.. |
OUR VISIT BEGAN WITH A DAY OFF, SO WE TAXIED DOWN TO THE OLD CITY FOR A BAND LUNCH. TRY AS WE MIGHT, WE COULDN’T FIND A HOUSE OF PANCAKES FOR DAVE, SO WE SETTLED ON A QUAINT LITTLE ITALIAN CAFÉ. (DAVE LOVED HIS MUSHROOM OMELET WITH A SIDE OF PASTA.) AFTER LUNCH AND LAUGHS THE BOYS HIKED BACK TO OUR HOTEL. I CHOSE TO TAKE THE SCENIC ROUTE, AND EXPLORE THE NARROW, WINDING, COBBLESTONE STREETS OF OLD QUEBEC.
IN STICKING WITH MY, “WHEN IN FRANCE, DO AS THE FRENCH ” MENTALITY, AND BECAUSE I WAS WAY UNDERDRESSED, HAVING PACKED FOR THE FLORIDA SHOWS, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS TO FIND MYSELF A BERET. AS I WANDERED THE SHOP LINED “RUE DE SAINTE JEAN”, PAST ST. PATRICK’S PUB, (WHERE A BUNCH OF OUR CREW GUYS HAD GATHERED), I SPOTTED THE TINIEST OF ALLEY WAYS. A FEW METERS UP THE LITTLE STREET I CLIMBED, AND VOILA!…A CHAPEAU SHOP.
NOW, LOOKING VERY MUCH THE CONTINENTAL GUY, AND ARMED WITH MY MASSIVE HIGH SCHOOL FRENCH VOCABULARY, (BASICALLY I CAN COUNT TO FIFTEEN, AND ASK HOW TO FIND THE BATHROOM.), I WAS OFF ON AN ADVENTURE INTO HISTORY. QUEBEC CITY IS ONE OF THE OLDEST, IF NOT THE OLDEST CITY, IN NORTH AMERICA. IT WAS FOUGHT OVER THROUGH A NUMBER OF WARS, AND ITS MIGHTY WALLS AND FORTRESS STILL STAND. TO WALK THESE STREETS IS TO TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME. THE WEATHER IS PRETTY INTENSE, (SEVENTEEN FEET OF SNOW FELL THIS WINTER.). BUT AS MY FRIEND FROM THE HABERDASHERY EXPLAINED, “WE PUT UP WITH THE COLD WEATHER TO LIVE THIS LIFE. IF IT WAS WARM, EVERYONE WOULD COME HERE.”
UPON MY RETURN TO THE HOTEL CAME THE STUNNER…AS I PACKED MY SUITCASES AND PREPARED TO HEAD DOWN TO THE BUS, TOUR MANAGER WALTER SHOWED UP AT MY DOOR WITH A LOOK OF CONCERN ACROSS HIS FACE. THE QUEBEC CITY SHOW, AND ALL OF THE REMAINING SOLD OUT CANADIAN DATES WERE BEING POSTPONED, AND WE WERE BUSSING OFF TO MONTREAL, AND THEN FLYING TO L.A…NOW!
IT SEEMS LEAD SINGER JOE ELLIOT, OF OUR TOUR MATES DEF LEPPARD, WAS SICK, AND IT HAD AFFECTED HIS VOICE. THERE IS NO WORSE FEELING FOR A SINGER THAN TO HAVE TO CANCEL A SHOW BECAUSE OF VOCAL PROBLEMS…BELIEVE ME, I KNOW. IT HAS RARELY HAPPENED TO ME, AND AS I SPOKE TO VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE DEF LEPPARD CREW, I LEARNED THAT JOE ALMOST NEVER CANCELS SHOWS EITHER. ALL OF US WISH HIM WELL, AND A SPEEDY RECOVERY. THE NEW PLAN IS TO REGROUP IN GRAND RAPIDS ON APRIL 18, AND CONTINUE THE TOUR FROM THERE. WE HOPE TO MAKE UP THE CANADIAN CONCERTS LATER IN THE SUMMER.
I’LL GET BACK WITH MORE DETAILS AS I LEARN THEM.
AU REVOIR,
KC