MY FIRST CHOICE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS…KENNY McGEE….HE IS ABOUT AS TRUE TO HIS MUSIC AS THEY COME! EVERYTHING YOU HEAR COMES RIGHT FROM THE HEART..AND YOU CAN TELL..NOT ONLY IS HE A GREAT
SONGWRITER.. BUT A GREAT PERFORMER.. HE GIVES 100% EVERY SHOW, I’VE SEEN HIM TONS OF TIMES IN THE MANY BANDS
HE'S BEEN IN.. AND EVERYTIME WAS THE BEST…..I WELCOME TO YOU……..KENNY…………..
J-HI KENNY…FIRST OFF EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE JULLIET DAYS….WHO DID MOST OF THE WRITING IN THE BAND?
K-THAT WOULD BE ME…I DID MOST OF THE WRITING…I WROTE ALSO W/TY THE BASS PLAYER AND WHEN FRANKIE SULLIVAN CAME INTO THE PICTURE TO PRODUCE ON THE RECORD HE CO-WROTE ON A COUPLE OF THE SONGS..
HE'S A GREAT SONGWRITER….AND I ACTUALLY WROTE "LITTLE BIT OF PARTY" AND "HELP" W/CAL CURTIS..HE ACTUALLY HAD A BILLBOARD #1 SONG W/38 SPECIAL "YOUR HEART DESERVES A 2ND CHANCE" I BELIEVE IT WAS CALLED…BUT BASICALLY I WAS THE MAJOR SONG WRITER..
J-OK..AND HOW DID THE GUYS IN THE BAND GET
ALONG? WAS THERE ANY FIGHTING OR ANYTHING?
K-THE JULLIET GUYS? WELL THAT WAS MORE BROTHERHOOD DAYS YA KNOW.. WE WERE ALL YOUNG AND FULL OF
EVERYTHING.. THERE WASN’T REALLY MUCH FIGHTING IN THAT BAND, THAT’S FOR SURE…
J-AND WHAT WAS IT LIKE LIVING IN L.A. MOVING FROM FLORIDA?
K-.. PROBABLY CAUSE OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BAND…THE EXCITEMENT LEVEL WAS TURNED
UP.. BUT THE BAND AT THAT POINT WAS SUCH A POPULAR BAND IN FLORIDA…WHEN WE FIRST MOVED OUT TO L.A. IT WAS A CULTURE SHOCK AND WE
WEREN'T USED TO NOT BEING THE TOP DOG…BUT…JULLIET ACTUALLY ONLY PLAYED 7 SHOWS IN L.A. BEFORE WE WERE SIGNED.. SO IT WASN’T
MUCH.. I THINK IT WAS A YEAR TO THE DAY ACTUALLY…FROM WHEN WE GOT THERE TO WHEN WE GOT
SIGNED.. (J-I HAVE SHOWS ON VIDEO FROM FL. AND L.A. LET ME KNOW IF YOUR INTERESTED..)
J-COOL….WELL WHAT FINALLY LED TO THE BREAK UP ?
K-I GUESS THE BREAKUP.. WAS ME LEAVING.. YA KNOW I GUESS THAT WAS IT.. THE ONLY REASON I LEFT THE BAND WAS BECAUSE ....WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY SIGNED WE WERE ON
ENIGMA.. AND CAPITAL AT THAT TIME OWNED HALF OF ENIGMA.. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THAT WE WERE ON THE ROAD
TOURING.. AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING GOOD.. AND THE ALBUM WAS SELLING.. CAPITAL TOOK OVER ALL OF
ENIGMA.. AND THEY GOT RID OF SOME OF THE BANDS.. BUT THE KEPT US.. PULLED US OFF THE ROAD TO PREPARE TO START MAKING THE 2ND ALBUM. IT WAS ALL THE SUDDEN OTHER PEOPLE WERE IN CONTROL OF US, THE WHOLE MUSIC SCENE WAS
CHANGING, WHICH EVERYONE WHO WAS INTO THE 80’S SCENE KNOWS ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT CAME
ABOUT.. AND IT WAS JUST SMOTHERING THE BAND. ME PERSONALLY…I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK TO FLORIDA AND WORK W/PEOPLE THAT I HAD KNOWN FROM MY PAST I JUST FELT THAT I HAD MORE OF A BETTER
SHOT, BECAUSE L.A. WAS JUST FALLING APART AT THAT TIME…..
J-DO YOU EVER TALK TO ANY OF THE MEMBERS ANYMORE, OR KNOW WHERE THEY ARE?
K-GREG…IS STILL IN L.A. I TALK TO HIM A LOT, HE MANAGES BANDS NOW.. HES A GREAT
GUY.. WE ARE ALL STILL GREAT FRIENDS.. WE’RE LIKE BROTHERS…JIMMY LIVES IN SARASOTA AND ACTUALLY I GOT HIM GIG PLAYING GUITAR WHEN I WAS DOING THE BRIAN JOHNSON
(J-AC/DC FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW) PROJECT.. THE NAKED SCHOOL
GIRLS.. (WHICH I ALSO HAVE ON VIDEO.. W/KENNY SINGING) AND TY LIVES IN TENNESSEE…YES I SPEAK TO THEM ALL…
J-OK… WHAT'S THE CRAZIEST THING A FAN HAS EVER DONE TO MEET YOU?
K-I GUESS THE CRAZIEST THING WOULD BE THE WORST THING….WAS TO SHOW UP AT MY FRONT DOOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND PERSIST TO KICK THE DOOR IN…..SO I HAD TO CALL 911…
J-WAS THAT IN L.A.?
NO.. THAT WAS IN FLORIDA……
J-WOW….THAT’S NICE…OK.. WHATS THE BIGGEST CROWD YOU’VE EVER PLAYED FOR..
AND WHERE?
K-ACTUALLY THE BIGGEST CROWD I EVER PLAYED FOR WAS IN TAMPA FLORIDA, IT WAS WHEN I FIRST CAME BACK FROM L.A. AND THAT’S WHEN “BABY JANE” WAS A BIG HIT HERE IN FLORIDA. .AND IT WAS AT LIVESTOCK! I BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE 56,000 PEOPLE…56,00 PEOPLE SINGING “BABY JANE”…IT WAS A HUGE CROWD..