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 " kC Newsletter " - 09/24/08

I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF A DRY SPELL SINCE MY LAST NEWSLETTER…I’VE BEEN DROWNING IN A TORENT OF EMAIL ;-). I AM LEARNING A LOT ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING, FEELING AND WANTING. I AM PRETTY MUCH KEEPING ABOVE WATER, BUT PLEASE BE PATIENT, MY TYPING IS A BIT RUSTY, NOT TO MENTION MY BRAIN.

OKAY, SO MUCH FOR SOGGY METAPHORS…. WE PRETTY MUCH TOOK THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER OFF. SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2008 WERE ACTION PACKED, AND A BREAK WAS IN ORDER. IT IS SO TEMPTING TO JUST WORK, WORK, WORK…WHY NOT, WE LOVE WHAT WE DO, BUT YOU HAVE TO KEEP A BALANCE. I HAVE BEEN WAKING UP WITH MY CHILDREN EVERY MORNING, FIXING BREAKFAST, DRIVING EVERYBODY TO SCHOOL…I ACTUALLY LOVE IT, EXCEPT FOR THAT DANG ALARM CLOCK. (I AM PUSHING FOR THE MORNING BELL TO BE CLOSER TO 11:00 AM…WHAT’S THE RUSH TO GET STARTED SO EARLY ANYWAY?). I KNOW MANY OF YOU GUYS DON’T TRAVEL AS MUCH AS WE DO, AND THE DAILY GRIND CAN PROBABLY GET A LITTLE GRUELING….TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I TREASURE THE TIMES WHEN I GET TO SHARE THE LITTLE EVERY DAY STUFF WITH MY KIDS. I GUESS IT’S A “GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE” THING, BUT WE ALL DO NEED TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE.

AS WE ROLL THROUGH AMERICA IT IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO NOTICE HOW PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THE FUNKY STATE OF WORLD AFFAIRS. EACH OF US IS FACED WITH CHALLENGES EVERY DAY…SOME MORE DIFFICULT THAN OTHERS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES, JOBS, SAVINGS, ETC., I FEEL SO SAD. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I BELIEVE IN THE RESILIENCE OF THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, AND I KNOW WE WILL GET THROUGH THESE TIMES TOGETHER. WE ALL NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE POSITIVE ABOUT OUR OWN SITUATIONS, AND TO HELP THOSE WHOSE PROBLEMS ARE WORSE THAN OUR OWN.

WE HAVE A GREAT FRIEND OF THE BAND WHO IS CURRENTLY FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE AGAINST AN AGGRESSIVE CASE OF PANCREATIC CANCER. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST GENEROUS, HARD WORKING, AND JUST ALL AROUND GOOD GUYS I KNOW. HE DID NOTHING TO BRING THIS CONDITION ON HIMSELF, HE JUST WOKE UP ONE DAY, WENT TO THE DOCTOR, AND GOT THE NEWS OF HIS SERIOUS CONDITION. WHENEVER I FIND MYSELF IN A BLUESY MOOD, I THINK OF HIM AND IT STRAIGHTENS ME RIGHT UP. WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER AN ALL STAR BENEFIT SHOW TO HELP HIM COVER HIS INSANE MEDICAL COSTS, AND PUT THE HEALING POWERS OF MUSIC IN HIS CORNER. I AM VERY HOPEFUL FOR HIS RECOVERY…YOU BE STRONG, G.P.

OKAY, NOW I WILL LIGHTEN UP….

LET’S SEE, WHAT ELSE IS NEW AND EXCITING? WELL, WE ARE PLAYING A SHOW IN L.A. THIS WEEKEND WITH PERHAPS THE ODDEST TALENT LINE UP WE HAVE EVER BEEN PART OF….CHECK IT OUT: DEVO, BILLY IDOL, TWISTED SISTER, BLONDIE, PSYCHEDELIC FURS, AND…….REO SPEEDWAGON! WILD EH? I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A KICK ASS SET, AND AN INTERESTING MUSICAL EXPERIENCE.

THEN WE GO BACK TO WHERE IT ALL STARTED, AS WE PLAY A CONCERT AT THE ASSEMBLY HALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN CHAMPAIGN, THE BIRTHPLACE OF OUR BAND. WE GET TO GO AND HANG OUT ON OUR VERY OWN STREET: REO SPEEDWAGON WAY. WE ARE SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT SHOW…WE OWE SO MUCH TO THE PEOPLE OF CHAMPAIGN.

AFTER THAT WE HEAD OFF ON A MAJOR ROCK ADVENTURE, AS WE ATTEMPT TO PLAY A SERIES OF SHOWS ON VARIOUS ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN, INCLUDING ARUBA, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, AND EVEN THOUGH STRICTLY SPEAKING IT IS NOT AN ISLAND, PANAMA. WE ARE GOING DOWN THERE WITH A BARE BONES SET UP, AND GOING TO ROCK OUT OLD SCHOOL. IT SHOULD BE FUN.

OOPS, THE KIDS JUST BURST INTO THE ROOM, SO IT’S TIME FOR ME TO TRANSFORM MYSELF INTO “DADDYMAN”…GET THE HOMEWORK GOING, GRILL SOME BURGERS FOR DINNER, (OR MORE LIKELY CALL PAPA JOHN’S), AND DEBRIEF EVERYONE ON HOW THEIR SCHOOL DAY WENT. SO I’LL CHECK OUT FOR NOW…I WON’T BE SUCH A STRANGER.

ALOHA,

KC