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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thunderfoot" data-source="post: 3368262" data-attributes="member: 34175">When I was 7, my mom was a stay at home type but was looking for a job.  She found employment as an electronic technician at a small five person operation that was a division for this larger corp out of Chicago.  She worked in what used to be the old high school in the town in which I grew up.  She had to solder components to circuit boards - a lot of them and it was only a temporary position.  After a couple months they got word that the boss was coming down.   "Bruce" showed up driving an old stationwagon, wearing a flannel shirt, cut off blue jeans and sandles (this was the 70s - so think hippie), scruffy beard, etc.  He had some cases in the car for them to start installing the components into, they were bench model cases.They asked "Bruce" why he was driving the stationwagon and he stated that the Ferrari was in the shop and that Lamboughini didn't have the room for the cases and that the limo was a little too austentatious for this trip.  My mother being the tactful cahrming person she is, said" you have, a Ferrari, a Lamborghini and a Limo and your driving a sationwagon dressed like that...right!"  Everyone esle laughed and she thought nothing of it.Later, afterwork everyone sat down and was listening to records and singing along.  Mom was listening to "Bruce" sing and thought, wow, he has a really good voice and that she thought, I know I've hear that voice before...the "Bend Me, Shape Me by the AMerican Breed came on and Bruce took off on a vocal tear -mom's boss was Bruce Gordon, former lead singer of the American Breed,  She found out that the equipment they were building was for a touring group - a little band known as Kansas for their upcoming Leftoverature tour in 77'.BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE - When the group came to Southern Illinois for the tour my mother got tickets and backstage passes, obviously I was a little young to go see the show, but she found out via a phone call that I answered, the voice asked, "Is Jhan Miller there?" and the usual small talk ensued, before I got my mother.  The person on the line was the lead guitar player for the opening act, Rick Neilsen of Cheap Trick...that was who asked for my mom.</blockquote>

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