Life Circles Back: High School Baseball Teammate Built KC's Best Cover Band and Nobody Knew He Played

Life Circles Back: High School Baseball Teammate Built KC's Best Cover Band and Nobody Knew He Played

From Kevin Kietzman Has Issues by Kevin Kietzman

May 14, 2026 · 1h 0m

About this episode

The episode tells the story of Curt Whitaker, a talented high school baseball player who became the lead singer of KC's best cover band, highlighting the pursuit of dreams.

This is the crazy story of some very typical, ornery high school baseball players in the '80's that found crazy success playing ball. And we had a teammate, Curt Whitaker that could sing and play guitar and we never knew it. When he decided, "why not?," he started KC's best cover band. The www.m80skc.com have played with Chicago, Train and others at Starlight and almost everyone that played at Knuckleheads as the totally fun 80's band. They dress the part and it's always a fun night out. Curt was a very talented pitcher that played in college and independent pro ball until his shoulder gave out. He worked, like the rest of us, and one day in his thirties he had an idea. This is a great convo about why the hell not pursue your American Dream.

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Host: Kevin Kietzman

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Organizations: KC's best cover band, Chicago, Train

Places: Starlight, Knuckleheads

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