Thursday, March 21, 2013
Who: The Rebel Soul Tour featuring Kid Rock with Buckcherry and Hellbound Glory
When: 7 p.m. Monday
Where: Covelli Centre, 229 E. Front St., Youngstown
Tickets: $49, $59, $69 and $85 at the box offi ce
By John Benson
It was exactly 15 years ago when a then-unknown Kid Rock (aka Bob Ritchie) released “Devil Without a Cause,” which sold 13 million albums worldwide.
Today, Rock is hoping to keep his star afloat with his latest effort, “Rebel Soul.”
He still remains a popular touring act, which is why he’s returning to Northeast Ohio on Monday for a show at Youngstown’s Covelli Centre.
Here are 10 things you may not have known about this Detroit Rock City rocker:
1 As a child, Kid Rock was in a break-dance group called Furious Funkers.
2 Kid Rock first achieved fame with his 1990 debut, “Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast.” A radio station was fined $23,000 for playing the profanity-laced track “Yo Da-Lin In the Valley.”
3 Joseph “Joe C.” Calleja joined Kid Rock’s group in 1994. He died in 2000. Fans will remember Calleja as the little person who was Kid Rock’s rapping sidekick.
4 In 2001, Kid Rock was asked to induct Aerosmith into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He performed “Sweet Emotion” during the ceremony.
5 Kid Rock recorded his 2002 hit “Picture” with Sheryl Crow; however, the “Leaving Las Vegas” singer didn’t want to release it as a single. So he re-cut it with Allison Moorer and released it as a single, and then Crow had a change of heart. Kid Rock’s concert album “Live Trucker” features Gretchen Wilson singing the track.
6 In what has become somewhat obligatory for celebrities these days, Kid Rock and Creed’s Scott Stapp — not together — can be seen in a 1999 sex tape.
7 Speaking of celebrity sex tapes, Kid Rock took a page out of Greg Allman’s book and married Pamela Anderson in 2006. The marriage lasted five months.
8 Kid Rock’s last monster hit was 2008’s “All Summer Long,” which features riffs from Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Sweet Home Alabama” and Warren Zevon’s “Werewolves of London.”
9 Proving his redneck credibility, Kid Rock in 2007 was involved in a late-night fight at Waffle House.
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