the time he was 25 years old, he had worked his way up and held keys to one of the hippest clubs on Sunset Boulevard, with passes to every show. It was here that he got to meet and work with all of his music heroes—from American bands like Little Feat and The Eagles to English rock band The Who.

Kevin fell too far into the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and had problems with drugs and alcohol. In 1999 he went on tour with The Eagles to work as a guitar techfor Glenn Frey. The pattern repeated, and Kevin lost the gig when he drunkenly tripped over one of their guitars and broke it.

He worked for a couple years as a bartender before deciding to go back to teaching.He started as a substitute teacher at Manhattan Beach Middle School and then went on to run the auditorium at Mira Costa High School, as well as coaching the surf team. Kevin “the seeker” finally found a part of himself in the South Bay community. He found joy in his connection with the kids there.

That connection still runs deep today with Kevin officiating the weddings of about a half-dozen former students. Many of them have also played in his bands, and Kevin managed to get a few of them some local gigs in the South Bay.

At the time, Kevin still suffered with an addiction to alcohol but only realized the severity of the problem in a therapy training session with a youth who was struggling with the same