Kevin's Celeb Pics

It was a road trip to St. Louis yesterday. Unfortunately, the day didn't get off to a great start since the first stop, Rickman Auditorium, had posted a "cancelled" notification on their marquee. Ronnie Milsap's concert was the victim.

After turning around, I stopped at the Fox Theater to catch American Idol runner-up Diana DeGarmo following the matinee performance of the stage production "9 to 5." Several of her cast mates mentioned she be napping between performances. However, when I asked another member of the cast, he offered to get her from the dressing room. Sure enough, a few minutes later, she came out to greet me and sign an 8x10 of us taken last year in New York at her play, "Hair." She also inked a playbill, posed for this shot, and talked about how much she enjoyed her trip to Pappy's the day before.

A couple blocks away at Powell Symphony Hall, trumpeter Chris Botti was set to perform with the St. Louis Symphony. Despite arriving just 25 minutes before show time, he stopped to sign and to pose. Looks like he might have been practicing on the way to the show. If you look close, you can see the mark from the trumpet on his upper lip.

The day concluded with meeting three of the original members of the 70's southern/country group, The Ozark Mountain Daredevils. I met them at their hotel following their concert at the Argosy Casino.

Here's John Dillon and Steve Cash.

And, here is Michael "Supe" Granda.

I was excited to get to meet them as the band is semi-retired. They only perform about 6 to 8 concerts a year.