Kevin Cronin
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He just looked like Jim Morrison.
Oh, yeah.
No, total country influence.
I mean, there were regional bands, and we all knew who each other was.
You know, Midwest was us.
You know, Texas was ZZ Top.
Well, yeah, Leonard Skinner down in the southeast.
But bands would come through the Midwest on a tour.
And they'd dump us on the tour to open for Grand Funk Railroad.
Our first real tour was Black Oak, Arkansas.
Wow.
And they were amazing.
I mean, Jim Dandy.
Jim Dandy.
Yeah, Jim Dandy kind of took me under his wing, and he was like my, you know, kind of my father figure.
And Tommy Aldridge on drums.
Amazing drummer.
I used to, every night of that tour, I sat behind, with Little David, who was his drum tech, giant guy, and I would watch Tommy Aldridge from, I'd watch Black Oak from behind.
Tommy had, you know, twirling his sticks, you know, double bass drum.
I mean, he was,