Kevin Cronin

But I came home, I contacted Gary, Bill Trout from One Nickel Records, VJ originally, and another Gary, Gary Zulo, who worked for Triangle Productions, the original concert promoter in Chicago.

The plan was I was going to get a solo record deal.

Long story short, it never happened.

It just wasn't right.

And looking back, it wasn't right.

I understand why that didn't happen.

I wasn't ready for it.

I mean, my band would have sounded a lot more like Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

Okay.

More jangly, you know.

Yeah, Rickenbacker 12, vocal harmonies.

I was never the lead singer in any of my younger bands.

I was always part of a harmony, of a trio of guys that sang.

And each guy would sing lead on a few songs, but the big part was the three-part harmonies.

Yeah, true.

I mean, Cheap Trick, I mean, I heard Cheap Trick in your... You must have heard it in like 75, 76, somewhere around there, right?

We didn't.

We've done more shows over the years with Cheap Trick.

Maybe Styx and Cheap Trick are tied, but...

But I love those guys.