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July 6, 2003

Accidents Can Happen...(hehehehe!)

Hiya big guy!!

I have two different audio tapes of REO shows (made by fans in the audience) in which K.C. shares some very enlightening, albeit cryptic, information about a side of Brooster that we fans are not normally privvy to. He imparted these tidbits of Cronin wisdom during shows, introducing you for Back On The Road Again. To some fans, what he said might be a case of TMI Syndrome (Too Much Information), but I'm not that bashful. In fact, my imagination is roaming free with delight. Let's just say, my angel wings got dirty a lonnnnng time ago (wink).

I transcribed each line, verbatim, while listening to the tape it appears on, to make sure I got it right. K.C. invests a lot of time and energy into his stage stories, and I wouldn't dream of chintzing them in any way.

St. Louis, MO, Life As We Know It tour. Nasty, funky bass line as per usual....K.C. introduces you...yadda yadda yadda......The whole time he yacks, you accompany him with said bass line.

"Now those of you who don't know Bruce too well, I gotta tell ya somethin', people. You see, usually we're travellin from city to city, and we don't stay in one place too long, you see. We just come in, do our damage, and then we're out the next day. And that suits Bruce just fine, but every once in a while, you see, we have to stay in the same place for a couple days or so. And I want to tell ya somethin, after about three days in the same town, take a look in Bruce's eyes, man....and he gets this look that scares the shit out of me every time I see it! But I know what it means, people...oh, yeah, I know what it means! It means that he's ready to get BACK ON THE ROAD AGAIN!! 1...2...1...2...3...4....."

Hartford, CT, Can't Stop Rockin' '95 tour. After you play your opening bass line, and K.C. introduces you by name, the audience response is lackluster. So he advises them as follows:

"Now, you gotta be a little bit nicer than that, because you see, Bruce is gonna sing this next one for ya, and you don't wanna piss him off right now folks, I'll tell ya that much! He can be awful in those situations! So let me say one more time, my good friend on the bass guitar, Mr. Bruce Hall! Whaddaya say!!" The crowd then provides an acceptable level of enthusiasm!

And OF COURSE, I would be remiss to overlook that passive aggressive ditty you and your brother wrote for Life As We Know It. I can think of quite a few people from the last 7 years who need to be "introduced to Mr. E." &*$%#@! peckerheads!

Methinks the big blonde Swedish REO teddy bear has sharp claws and fangs. Oooooo! I love that! We'll definitely have to compare notes one of these days.

Time for me to fly. Gotta go find some good trouble to get into. C ya, handsome! (((Bruce)))

Love,