Shooting Star opening for Kansas

[Hans-Juergen Klein]

Is it true that Shooting Star opened in Ozark for Kansas in October 2024? 

I saw a poster about it on the web.

Was Ronnie Platt in Shooting Star before he joined Kansas?

HJ

[D W]

Sent from my iPhone

Shooting star opened for Kansas in Tulsa for the Drastic Measures tour.  Great show!

On Feb 17, 2025, at 4:22 PM, Hans-Juergen Klein <shades_...@hotmail.com> wrote:



--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "People of the South Wind" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to potsw+un...@googlegroups.com.
To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/potsw/DU0PR10MB610828DC2289048A2C5FFFE8D2FB2%40DU0PR10MB6108.EURPRD10.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM.

[John Knoll]

Yes, Ronnie was the lead singer of Shooting Star before he joined Kansas.

[kcumm...@juno.com]

Can you provide a link to the poster? 

[kcumm...@juno.com]

https://shootingstarofficial.com/shows Looks like September 2022.

[George]

And to answer the second question - yes, Ronnie was in Shooting Star before joining Kansas.  Both bands had played a festival of some sort up in WI or MN, I think, so Kansas was well aware of Ronnie's vocal abilities.  When Steve's retirement was announced, Ronnie messaged Rich asking for some consideration.  Rich has stated many times that they already knew he could sing, but they wanted to find out if they could live with him on the road.  They flew him to Atlanta to meet, and spent a couple/few hours with him - but only a tiny portion talking "business".  I think it was the next day that Ronnie got the "you've got the gig" message from Phil.

There are MANY interviews with Ronnie online where he tells this story.  Search a bit, watch a few, and you'll have a much better sense of the story than I've relayed here.

George P.

---

From: po...@googlegroups.com <po...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of kcumm...@juno.com <kcumm...@juno.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 9:01 AM
To: po...@googlegroups.com <po...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [PotSW] Shooting Star opening for Kansas

 

To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/potsw/20250218.090141.6923.1%40webmail04.vgs.untd.com.

[Hans-Juergen Klein]

I think it was this one.....

---

Von: po...@googlegroups.com <po...@googlegroups.com> im Auftrag von kcumm...@juno.com <kcumm...@juno.com>
Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. Februar 2025 14:55
An: po...@googlegroups.com <po...@googlegroups.com>
Betreff: Re: [PotSW] Shooting Star opening for Kansas