{"id":235,"date":"2019-03-11T02:20:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T02:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramblinraystevens.com\/staging\/6162\/?p=235"},"modified":"2019-03-11T02:22:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T02:22:22","slug":"after-all-this-time-youre-always-on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramblinraystevens.com\/staging\/6162\/2019\/03\/11\/after-all-this-time-youre-always-on-my-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"After all this time, you’re always on my mind…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t fancy myself as anything more than a kid from West Chicago, Illinois who has a cooler than average job. My friend and contemporary \u00a0Lin Brehmer from WXRT said it best early this morning when he said “We will never be as good as David Letterman”.<\/p>\n

The good news is we don’t have to be as good as Dave, we just have to be good. The following is a e-mail from a long time listener.This is as good of an e-mail you can ever hope to get. If you have been for listening twenty minutes or twenty years, thank you!<\/p>\n

The following is from Joe a US99.5 Listener:<\/p>\n

“You sir, are a credit to the station, our city and should make your father and children proud. The time you took to inform your listeners and attempt to bring a child’s dream to fruition are beyond words and you deserve every accolade and award that you have gotten over the years and then some! I felt the need to send you a short message in the hopes that it might mean a little bit to you to have someone say it. I’ve been a fan for over 20 years and don’t turn the dial in the morning. I am an officer with the Cook County Sheriffs Dept with almost 30 years on. But I have my own personal reason for being such a big fan. 21 years ago I called you at about 6 AM as I drove to Children’s Memorial with my son and my very upset wife for a surgery on him at just 5 months old. You played a song for my me that settled my wife down and things went much better. I also had a chance to work with you at the Taste of Chicago one summer when I was Alan Jackson’s security. I didn’t say anything about my son then. I felt it might not be the right time. But now? All I want to say is you’re one helluva guy and if I ever see you out, I’m buying!!! My name is Joe and I hope this gets to you”.<\/div>\n
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No Joe, thank you!<\/div>\n
RR<\/div>\n
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