Collect Call From: Kid Rock
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February 20, 6:26 p.m.
Rock rings us from Tupelo, Mississippi, birthplace of Elvis Presley and the latest stop on his Rock and Roll Revival Tour with Reverend Run.
“This arena has the freshest welcome sign: It says, Welcome to Tupelo, with a huge silhouette of Elvis. Our drummer and her dad went and visited Elvis’s birth home today. My day wasn’t so productive. I got up around 3, read the paper, had some Honey Nut Cheerios. Since dinner, I’ve been sitting around bullshitting with the Rev.
“I’ve had this idea forever for putting together a revue-style tour. Me and the Rev do a 20-minute Run-DMC set every night, which is killin’ people. You’re seeing dudes with cowboy hats and black kids with Run-DMC shirts on, and then you’re seeing teenage white girls with Rev Run shirts and sequins. Christ, it’s nutty!
“On tour, I have zero routine. Tonight I could be hanging with circus clowns. I have no idea. I’m open-minded—I hang with anybody who’s good people. I’m not a pretentious fuckin’ celebrity.”
DAY 2
February 21, 5:41 p.m.
Rock dials us from the back of a limo as he and the Rev cruise the streets of Durham, North Carolina.
“Today I went to the Christian bookstore with the Rev. I bought a fresh sweatshirt that says, Property of Jesus. And then we had communion in the limo. I’m dead serious. The Rev blessed everything; I ate the wafer, had the wine. My sins are forgiven! Then we went to heaven …
Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q.
“Last night’s crowd was bananas. It was the first time we ever played Tupelo. We’re not like Radiohead: ‘We’re only gonna play New York and L.A.’ There’s too much fun and too many down-to-earth, hardworking people in smaller markets.
“We’re walking into a bowling alley now. There’s an old man behind the counter, eyeing me like I’m crazy. This looks like the kind of place you can smoke in, but you can’t. Now I gotta go stand outside in the cold to smoke my cigar.”
