june 2007

Singer Kevin DuBrow from L.A rock band Quiet Riot called me and asked if I'd like to join his band for a tour of the UK that was due to happen in early 2008. I was given the set list and got to work on learning all the songs and greatly looked forward to working with him.
Kevin had also agreed to sing on a track I wrote with my band Interstate. I had an instrumental mix of the song 'Save Me' and Kevin heard it and liked it and was going to write his own lyrics and melody and record it in his studio after his summer tour had finished.

On Sunday November 25th 2007 Kevin DuBrow was discovered at peace in his home in Las Vegas. Very sad news. This news came so suddenly and unexpectedly. He'd just celebrated his 52nd Birthday.
I feel privileged to have known him and that he thought of me as a friend. He was bright, funny, greatly talented, confident, intelligent, passionate, generous, entertaining, charming and full of life.
He showed remarkable faith in me, both as a musician and a person. That is a wonderful gift he gave me and I am forever grateful.
I am sad that plans we had of working together will never happen but I'm saddened more that I won't get to know him better than I did. I enjoyed his company immensely and was very fond of him.
The things he did to help me and my career are nothing short of amazing. He even offered to pay for my flight to L.A to audition for his friend Glenn Hughes a few months previous. I asked him why he offered to do such a generous thing and he said "I belive that good things should happen to good people but often they don't."
My heart goes out to all those who knew him way better than I did. He was a very special and charismatic person indeed.

I really feel like a little light has gone out in the world. Rest in peace Kevin, I miss you.