Rock and Roll Guru

Lose: what your family does when you buy life insurance and then live.

One of the coolest companies in the world of rock and roll is Grateful Graphics. They are the world headquarters for all things Grateful Dead.

They did something amazing recently that I just gotta share. In their last newsletter, the honchos at GG wrote about this spring’s Ratdog show in Milwaukee, one that I was blessed to be able to share with my soon-to-be-teenage twin daughters. A couple days after a delightful email exchange with marketing maven JB, I went out to the mailbox to find two Dead Dancing Bears shirts for my girls. How cool is that????

I was already a loyal customer, but this was one of those rare WOW! customer service moments that I’ll be sharing in my upcoming speeches on creating customer loyalty.

Be sure to check out their stuff, and tell ‘em the rockandrollguru sent you.

The first person who can correctly identify the fictional character quoted on the Grateful Graphics home page will win a copy of one of my books.

May 13, 1950: Stevie Wonder was born.

Happy 58th birthday, Stevie!

We’re looking forward to seeing you June 26th, opening night at the World’s Largest Music Festival!

“I may be totally wrong, but I’m a dancin’ fool.”-Frank Zappa

I live this principle wholeheartedly. I love to dance, but not in the traditional sense of the word (much to the chagrin of my wife). When the music touches my soul I can’t help but dance with reckless abandon, the way we do at a Dead show.

I don’t care where I am or who is watching, so it’s not uncommon to see me boogie my way through an airport with my iPod cranking. It makes me feel good, so I do it. And when I feel good, I attract more cool stuff into my life.

As I’ve mentioned multiple times, we’re not on this planet long enough to worry about what anyone else thinks. When I see people laughing I simply smile at them. I love to make people laugh. Whether they are laughing at me or laughing with me makes me no nevermind…

Laughter is good, even if it’s just because you think I’m a dancin’ fool.

I’ll be on the road for speaking gigs the next couple weeks, so stop me to say hi if you see me dancing through the airports in Detroit, Los Angeles, Des Moines, Phoenix, Milwaukee or Grand Rapids.

Rock Revival is a must read for rockers. Among other cool stuff, they deliver a bunch of great rock & roll lists. Here’s one on Raga-Rock that is exceptional.

To learn more about this Indian classical music, visit raga.

In case you missed it, here’s the podcast of my interview last night with James T. Harris on WTMJ radio. Follow the link and go to the School of Rock listing under podcasts in the right-hand column. It was a rockin’ time.

Life coaches: psychology’s version of the drive-thru window.

May 12, 1948: Rock and Roll superstar Steve Winwood was born.

An amazing singer and fabulous musician with a legendary catalog that includes his days with the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith.

Happy 60th Birthday, Stevie!

Look forward to seeing you on July 5th at Summerfest with Tom Petty!

Life: 1. coming into the world with nothing, leaving with nothing and, in between, giving everything to the IRS.   2. the infancy of immortality.

I thought it was time for a little change of pace. Enjoy!