Kevin's Celeb Pics

It's been a busy weekend with the performers at the Decatur Celebration.

The weekend started with a Friday afternoon meeting at the airport with the former lead vocalist of Foreigner, Lou Gramm. Gramm visited with our group and signed my Head Games CD and the posed for this shot. I'm glad to see Gramm still recording and touring after his bout with a brain tumor.

Today I batted a thousand as I got photographs with all six performers at the Decatur Celebration.

Here are two of the original members of the southern rock band, The Georgia Satellites. Rick Price and Rick Richards. They especially enjoyed sharing the story of hitting a wild turkey on their trip from southern Georgia to Illinois.

Rap took center stage next as I got to "bust a move" with Grammy winner Young MC. He really liked my photograph and added the "bust a move" inscription to the glossy.

Tone Loc was sharing the bill with Young MC this afternoon in Decatur. While it was hard to recognize his much slimmer figure, the distinguishable voice was a dead giveaway. The "Funky Cold Medina" and "Wild Thing" artist put down his bags to sign a CD and pose for this shot. Love that voice :--).

Christian singer Francesca Battistelli stopped for this shot as she made her way to the Christian Music Stage at the Celebration. Battistelli, who swept a ton of Dove Awards (Female Vocalist of the Year, New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Pop/Contemporary Song of the Year) in 2009, is expecting her first child in a couple of months.

Who was first group to have four top ten singles from their debut release? If you guessed Expose', you win today's prize. The original three ladies are back together, touring a bit, and even have plans to record a new disk. Ann Curless and Gioia Bruno chatted with us for about 10 minutes while waiting for the third member of the trio Jeanette Jurado. Ann and Gioia especially loved looking at my 8 x 10, a shot of the group from the 1990 Grammy Awards. They signed the photograph, and then Jeanette finished it off when she arrived to meet the group. Before they departed for the show, the gals were very gracious to pose for the above group shot.

I wrapped up the afternoon talking with Charlie Daniels as he exited his tour bus to get ready for tonight's show. His first words off the bus were, "how long you been waiting out here?" Then Charlie apologized for making me wait. What a great guy. He gladly signed an 8 x 10 of our last meeting (Illinois State Fair-Springfield) and then posed for this new shot. He thanked me and even worked in a couple of "God bless yous" before walking into the hotel to prepare.