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TRADITIONALLY MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MARKS THE OFFICIAL BEGINNING OF SUMMER ACTIVITIES,
AND IN KANSAS CITY, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO OBSERVE IT WILL BE COMING UP THIS SUNDAY NIGHT.
THAT'S THE ANNUAL BANK OF AMERICA'S CELEBRATION AT THE STATION FEATURING THE KANSAS
CITY SYMPHONY. IT'S A FREE EVENT AT UNION STATION, COMPLETE WITH FIREWORKS
TO CAP OFF THE EVENING, BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET DOWN THERE, YOU CAN WATCH IT LIVE RIGHT HERE ON
KCPT. EVERY YEAR, THE ORCHESTRA PLAYS A MIX OF PATRIOTIC FAVORITES AND
MUSIC THAT ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MICHAEL STERN THINKS WILL BE FITTING FOR THE OCCASION.
THEY'VE HAD SOME GREAT GUEST ARTISTS IN RECENT YEARS, LIKE MARCO CONNER AND BOBBY WATSON.
THIS YEAR, KANSAS CITY'S OWN OLETA ADAMS WILL BE FEATURED WITH THE BAND.
THE GREAT KANSAS CITY SINGER STOPPED BY TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON HER MUSICAL JOURNEYS.
SUNDAY NIGHT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SINGING ON STAGE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM A PLACE WHERE
SOME PRETTY AMAZING THINGS HAPPENED FOR YOU? I'M TALKING.
YES. I THINK 1975 WAS THE FIRST TIME I PERFORMED IN KANSAS CITY AT
CROWN CENTER AT THE SIGN BOARD LOUNGE. I'LL TELL YOU, WE HAD SOME
AMAZING TIMES, AMAZING TIMES THAT WOULD RIVAL ANYTHING THAT I'VE DONE SO FAR, AND I'VE
TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD. I'VE BEEN IN SOME PRETTY BIG ARENAS.
I'VE DONE SOME VERY MEMORABLE THINGS, BUT MY HEART IS HERE IN KANSAS CITY WHERE WE HAD GREAT
TIMES. WELL, YOU WERE PLAYING THE PIANO.
YES. YOU'RE REALLY A TALENTED MUSICIAN AS WELL AS A GREAT
SINGER, AND THAT PLACE MUST HAVE REALLY PUSHED YOU ALONG TO HAVE TO REALLY GET THERE.
I HAVE TO CREDIT ALL OF THOSE DAYS -- THOSE WERE THE OPPORTUNITES TO HONE MY CRAFT,
TO LEARN ABOUT NOT ONLY THE BUSINESS BUT THE CREATIVITY OF MUSIC AND HOW TO PERFORM TO AN
AUDIENCE, NOT JUST AN AUDIENCE WHO CAME TO HEAR YOU, BUT AUDIENCES THAT DIDN'T COME TO
HEAR YOU WHEN YOU HAVE IN THE HOTELS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CONVENTIONS, AND THEY HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PLEASE PEOPLE, AND NOT UNDER THE BEST
SITUATIONS. WELL, I SUPPOSE IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, BUT PEOPLE
WHO ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL, IT CAN GO EITHER WAY. AND THEN TWO GUYS NAMED
ROLAND AND KIRK WALK IN. LIFE CHANGES DOESN'T IT? THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WHEN I
MOVED OVER TO THE HIGH AT IN IN -- HYATT IN A LITTLE ROOM CALLED THE DUCK CLUB.
THEY HEAD PERFORMED AT MEMORIAL HALL, I BELIEVE. TEARS FOR FEARS.
YES. I GUESS I KNEW THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE MY BOY -- BOYFRIEND AT
THE TIME AND DRUMMER, NOW HUSBAND, SAID TEARS FOR FEARS, THEY'RE HERE, AND I THOUGHT,
WELL, THAT'S NICE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ALWAYS COME IN TO THE CLUB AND
LISTEN, AND THEY WERE SO MOVED THAT TWO YEARS LATER THEY LOOKED ME UP.
THEY HUNTED ME DOWN, AND CALLED ME. IN 1987, THEY CALLED AND ASKED
ME TO BE A PART OF THEIR RECORDING THE SEEDS OF LOVE, AND THE SONG WAS CALLED "WOMAN IN
CHAINS," AND IT IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS TODAY. THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE SONG,
REALLY MOVING. AND YOU PERFORM IT VERY POWERFULLY.
THANK YOU. THAT SORT OF LED TO A CHANCE TO GO MAKE CIRCLE OF LIFE, WHICH
IS A SONG YOU'RE STILL IDENTIFIED WITH. YES, VERY MUCH SO.
CIRCLE OF ONE IS A SONG THAT OPRAH USED TO LIKE TO WORK OUT TO, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT IN
'91, SHE INVITED ME TO BE ON HER SHOW BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS PLAYING "GET HERE" WHEN SHE WAS TAKING A
SHOWER AT THE STUDIO, YOU KNOW, AND SHE CAME OUT OF THE SHOWER AND SAID, WHO IS THAT?
AND SHE'S BEEN REALLY -- SHE WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL IN REALLY PUSHING MY CAREER BY HAVING ME
BE ON HER SHOW A COUPLE OF TIMES AND INVITING ME TO BE A PART OF SOME PRIVATE THINGS.
IT WAS REALLY NICE, VERY NICE. WELL, THAT SONG WILL RESONATE NICELY OFF THE STAGE I THINK ON
SUNDAY NIGHT WITH MEMORIAL DAY FEELING IN THE AIR, BECAUSE IT'S GOT A PERTINENCE, I THINK.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THAT SONG IS VERY CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH VETERANS OF THE
WARS, AND IT STARTED OUT AS A PART OF DESERT STORM, AND IT WAS A CAMPAIGN FOR PEOPLE TO WIN
OPPORTUNITIES TO SEND MESSAGES TO THEIR LOVED ONES IN THE WAR IN '91.
I'VE HEARD SO MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO SENT MESSAGES WITH THIS SONG OR THEY HEAR THE SONG
RIDING ON A BUS, AND THEIR LOVED ONE WAS OVERSEAS IN THE WAR, AND TEARS WOULD JUST COME DOWN, AS
WELL AS IT HAS MOVED A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN COMFORTED BY THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE.
I'M HAPPY THAT I HAD THAT KIND OF HIT, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE WRONG HIT.
WELL, IT'S GOING TO BE PLAYED WITH THE SYMPHONY BEHIND YOU. YES.
DO YOU DO THAT MUCH? OCCASIONALLY. I'VE DONE THAT IN EUROPE,
PARTICULARLY, AND IN HOLLAND. I'VE PERFORMED WITH THE BOSTON POPS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME WITH THE KANSAS CITY SYMPHONY.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? I WAS LOOKING IT UP JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I COULDN'T
RECALL ANY TIME. FIRST TIME. AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LOT OF
YEARS, BUT YEAH, I'M HONORED. AND LOOKING OUT ONTO THAT SEA OF PEOPLE I THINK IS A VERY
SPECIAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE LIBERTY MEMORIAL BACK THERE. UNION STATION LOOKS GORGEOUS
BEHIND IT. TRUST ME, FROM HAVING BEEN THERE BEFORE, I KNOW THE FEELING THAT
EVENT BRINGS OUT IN PEOPLE. I THINK THEY WILL REALLY ENJOY YOUR INTERPRETATION, AND YOU GET
TO SING ANOTHER SONG OR TWO, AS WELL, I BELIEVE. YES, YES.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SINGING SONGS WITH MUSIC CORPS FOR THE WAR HEROES WHO HAVE BEEN
DRASTICALLY AFFECTED BY THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN IN WAR, AND THEY'RE RECUPERATING AND
REHABILITATING AND USING MUSICAL THERAPY BY PLAYING INSTRUMENTS, THE INSTRUMENTS THAT MEAN THE
MOST TO THEM, AND I'LL BE SINGING WITH THEM AND PROBABLY PLAYING WITH THEM AS WELL, AND
THE ORCHESTRA WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THEM, A LEONARD COHEN SONG, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD
TO THAT. MUSIC IS THERAPY, AND I'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN EVERYWHERE.
HOW IT SOOTHES THE SOUL, AND I SEE MYSELF AS THAT, REALLY THAT, NOT AS SOMEONE WHOSE GOAL IS TO
BE FAMOUS, BUT MY GOAL IS TO SOOTHE ALL OF THAT -- THE STORMS THAT HAPPEN IN HUMAN BEINGS, BED
THAT'S WHAT GIVES ME SO MUCH PLEASURE. AND YOU GET TO TAKE YOUR
HUSBAND ALONG. LIKE YOU SAID, ONCE THE BOYFRIEND NOW THE HUSBAND
RESPECT WHOM SOME PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER PLAYING WITH BANDS AROUND THE SEE.
YES. NEVER LEAF HOME WITHOUT HIM. WE'RE VERY, VERY FORTUNATE TO
GET TO TRAVEL TOGETHER. THAT WAS JOHN PLAYING ON THAT HIT SONG AND ALL MY RECORDS.
HE IS A GREAT SOURCE OF INSPIRATION FOR ME AND FOR WRITING SONGS.
I GET A LOT OF WONDERFUL IDEAS FROM HIS PLAYING AND HIS -- HE'S GOT A VERY WONDERFUL SCOPE WHICH
RANGES FROM CLASSICAL TO JAZZ AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN, AND HE'S PROBABLY MORE WELL ROUNDED
THAN I AM, AND WE HAVE A REALLY FUN TIME TOGETHER. YOU NEED TO GET BACK TO THAT
GARDEN, BECAUSE THIS IS PLANTING TIME. I KNOW, WHICH IS WHY I'M
TRYING TO ENJOY THAT NOW. THERE'S SOME GOOD WEATHER IN STORE.
I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL ON SUNDAY NIGHT OUT AT UNION STATION.
OF COURSE, PEOPLE CAN WATCH IT LIVE HERE ON KCPT AS WELL. IT STARTS AT 8 O'CLOCK.
IT WILL BE THE SYMPHONY, A CHANCE TO HEAR OLETA ADAMS. WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING
BY AND SEEING US ON THE LOCAL SHOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SPEAKING OF MUSIC, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT KCPT WILL BE ADDING SOMETHING NEW TO OUR
OPERATION LATER THIS YEAR. WE'RE ACQUIRING THE RADIO STATION 90.9 THE BRIDGE, WHICH
PLAYS A FORMAT JONAS TRIPLE-A, ADULT ALBUM ALTERNATIVE. SHOULD BE FUN FOR LISTENERS
WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HEAR MUCH OF THAT KIND OF MUSIC ON THE RADIO.
ALSO IT WILL GIVE US A CHANCE TO THE TV SIDE TO SOMETIMES SHARE SOME MUSICAL TALENT WITH YOU IN
NEW AND INTERESTING WAYS. AS WE LEAVE YOU THIS WEEK, HERE'S A TASTE OF WHAT THAT
MIGHT LOOK LIKE, A LITTLE VIDEO WITH THE BAND FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS PLAYING LIVE AT WEIGHT
AND MEASURES STUDIO IN THE CROSSROADS. SEE YOU IN JUNE!