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Author: KCF

  • Rising from our ashes

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    The day begins with a sigh, so much to lose, so much to gain. I disagree with those who say that we are born innocent and pure. Rather, we are born plump and unformed — beautiful in our rawness perhaps, but just a bare hint of who we may be. We are born of colliding…

  • The glistening shards

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    Glistening shards lie all around me. I must watch my step because in spite of their beauty – or perhaps because of it — they are deadly. I stand immobile, afraid to move my bare feet lest the shards slice my flesh and drain my blood. I admire them from a safe distance. These shards…

  • Concert Photography

    Concert Photography

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    Before, when I wasn’t spending so much time on stage myself, I took many concert photos. It’s hard for me to sit still in a concert and taking pictures is a way of accompanying the music with action — and try to capture the moment.

  • New video: Small Town, Big Vision

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    “Small Town, Big Vision” trailer from Intrepid Patrol Video on Vimeo. My latest (and longest) video project has just been completed. It is a 28-minute documentary about Mark Wagner and his dream to create the world’s largest chalk drawing in defense of arts education in the schools. I made the video together with my step-daughter…

  • A year in Chalk

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    Last year, on this day, we created the world’s largest chalk drawing on the tarmac of the Alameda Naval Air Station in Alameda, CA. Today, I have finished the documentary. Wow. So much can happen in a year.

  • Concert in Allentown, PA

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    I will be performing a duo concert with Maria Volonte in Allentown, PA on June 20. If you are in the area, I hope you’ll come out to the show. Concert details are: “Maria Volonte: Intima” (one woman show with guest artist Kevin Carrel Footer, harmonica) Saturday, June 20th, 8:00 pm Symphony Community Room 23…

  • San Francisco Jazz Festival

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    I performed with the Maria Volonte Tango Jazz Ensemble at the SF Jazz Festival on May 31. Lately, Maria and I have been experimenting with fusing her Argentine music with my blues harmonica — and it works. After all, it makes sense. As Maria says, both tango and blues started in the same place: brothels.…

  • “When love comes to town” – Live in Buenos Aires

    “When love comes to town” – Live in Buenos Aires

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    Kevin Carrel Footer playing harmonica with “Macarena” in Buenos Aires from Intrepid Patrol Video on Vimeo. W

  • Brian Dessin Day: Big Guy with Earring

    Brian Dessin Day: Big Guy with Earring

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    Note: Brian passed away in 2008. I wrote an updated reflection and tribute to him here: https://kevincarrelfooter.com/brian-dessin-day/ The stories came one after the other. In each he was accompanied by a different exquisite girlfriend: Prague, the 210 motorcycles, the lecherous rock ‘n roll photographer, the train trip across a continent in search of absinthe. He…