Local magazine featuring my husband who has metastatic Gleason 9 prostate cancer
Last edited Mon Oct 24, 2022, 12:37 AM - Edit history (1)
The article is not about his cancer. It doesn't mention that he was diagnosed in April of 2021 and has had a prostatectomy, radiation, and is currently on ADT. However, the piece does give long-overdue recognition to his role in the local music scene.
For the last 40 years (!) my husband has been the leader of the band that's provided the music for a very popular local event: The Chadd's Ford Historical Society's Great Pumpkin Carve. After failing to even highlight the band in their promos for the event, one of the board members came up with the idea for a feature article. My husband is so pleased with the recognition, no matter that it's just a little local mag.
Here's the cover photo, taken last month on our our deck. That's my husband and me in front. (I blame the meds I'm on for a herniated disc problem and everyone there who failed to alert me for the frightful state of my hair!)
I wish I could share the .pdf of the piece. They do have us featured on their facebook homepage, but only the cover photo. They don't seem to offer access to the actual article anywhere on line.
Although, as far as anyone can tell, he is relatively stable at the moment, due to his aggressive cancer, we don't know if he will be able to play year 41 with the Pumpkin Carve. Nevertheless, he says he intends to!
On Edit: A discussion in this thread with Yonder led me to find this cool old video of Kenny playing on stage:
See posts 31 -37 below, for details (Including a wild almost-lost guitar story and, unfortunately, more cancer.)
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I use that phrase cautiously because I said it to one of my friends once in response to a compliment she gave me and she said, "I know." She's just the kind of friend who I'm not close enough to to know whether that was just a joke!
So, maybe I'll just say, Thank you!
Thank you for Sharing, Dak n Stormy!
And, your hair looks great!! 
really something to be proud of and glad you were able to post the picture of you all.
💙💙💙💙
so COOL! Love it. 
and want to brag on him! 
I'm a sucker for those uplifted eyebrows 
you should both be proud of yourselves....well done!
A few years back, when we first noticed his outer brows had become so much less prominent than the inner ones, giving him a perpetually quizzical countenance, we actually dyed the darker ones.
We convinced ourselves no one at the family Thanksgiving gathering would notice. Well, it took our teenage niece less than two seconds to loudly ask, "Uncle Kenny, did you dye your eyebrows???!!!"
Busted!
I am reminded of that Seinfeld episode! 
He loves Seinfeld and has referenced that episode when laughing about the state of his own eyebrows.
Your hair looks great!
It would have been nice if this had happened 4 or 5 years ago before everything seemed to fall apart in our lives. Even being available for the interview and the photo shoot for the article was difficult because of all the complications & difficulties.
Still, better late than never, I guess. 
is ok in my book! I've always gotten along with bass players and drummers. Sometimes not so much with vocalists....
Sending good vibes for his 41st year! K&R...
i remember once trying a friend's Fender out and thinking it felt clunky and HEAVY. I don't think i could've spent 3 hours hauling that rock. But it did sound real good. I don't play anymore really, but i still have my rig. Sometimes i pick it up. At this point... I am... not very good. And OK with that. I have a 3 year old now, and a full time job... too busy for a band. Maybe someday. I ask every new coworker... "Do you play an instrument?"
to play the battered acoustic guitar or the djembe. More fun for the kid. My bass is in my neglected "studio" with my other neglected side projects. I get to them sometimes, i hope to get to them more often. Thanks for the encouragement though!
If not, something is out of balance. And believe me, I know from out-of-balance. I've been working on it all my life and still don't have it down. In fact, it might be worse than ever. My herniated disk had messed with my foot and my literal balance. It's a struggle.
Anyway, best of luck with everything!
Doesn't look frightful to me.
Color, length, texture - all just fine! Chic, in fact.
Bass player, 'eh?
I don't dislike grey hair, generally. It can be lovely. But I sort of wish I'd never stopped dying my hair. I mean, it was a pain in the keister to keep up with, and I don't miss getting dark dye spots on my shower curtain & floor, but it just feels like so much has happened over the past few years to age me far more quickly than is normal. I look at pictures from 4 years ago, and I feel like I've aged at least 10 years.
It would be nice to be free of vanity, but I'll give myself a partial excuse in that since, yes, I'm a bass player and am (less and less frequently, but still...) occasionally "on stage," I feel self-conscious about my appearance more so than I otherwise might. Then again, I was always self-conscious about everything!
Sorry, these pain meds I'm on are amplifying my natural over-analysis of every little thing and my tendency to go on and on about any topic! 
Thanks again for the compliment!
That's hilarious! Most people would have to buy a wig for that.
And, right on! You keep on rocking that fab long, straight, white hair wrangled just enough to let your face be seen. 🌞
I never understood why so many women went to short hair as they got older. I get it now. Many of us have crappy hair that looks even worse once it goes gray.
But we don't have to bow to any pressure to conform! (At least not unless the fascist R bastards get their way & control every move we make.)
As for me, for now, I'm working with what I have!
Great conversing with you! Have a lovely evening.
But then it can be awkward keeping that restrained smile while waiting for the photographer to snap it. She caught me in a genuine laugh here, and it was the pic everyone liked of themselves, or at least could live with, so I went with it.
I'm going to have to figure out a way to post the actual article. It's very well done.
Looks like he plays a well-played, older Martin dreadnought originally built as a left hand rather than converted to lefty. I'm guessing a D-28 but can't tell for sure. I can hear it from here.
Here's to your bands' long-time community support and many more Pumpkin Carve gigs.
