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MY YOUNG DAD AND A CHUBBY LITTLE STARCHILD.

MY PARENTS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1948.

TWELVE YEARS OLD. I WISH I COULD GO BACK AND GIVE HIM A HUG.

A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD TAXI DRIVER READY FOR THE STREETS OF NEW YORK. MUTTON CHOPS OPTIONAL.

A PAGE FROM MY FIRST SONGBOOK, WHICH I JUST FOUND. LYRICS TO ALL MY EARLIEST KISS SONGS ARE IN IT.

ABOVE AND BELOW: TWO FORTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD, NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN SHOTS OF A NEW BAND CALLED KISS.

STUDIO 54. WATCHING IT ALL HAPPEN WITH ANDY WARHOL, ANNIE LENNOX, AND FRANK ZAPPA. A GOLDEN AGE OF EXCESS.

1975. ALL GLARE AND HAIR.

PHOTO: BARRY LEVINE

WORKING OUT TODAY. YOU CAN’T WIN AT ANYTHING YOU DON’T START.

PHOTO: BRIAN LOWE

AT HOME. MY HAT, MY GUITAR, AND MY PAUL STANLEY PUMA SUEDES. STYLIN’!

BACK TO 531 WEST 211 STREET. A BOY LEFT, BUT A MAN RETURNED.

A MAGIC MOMENT WITH SARAH, EMILY, AND COLIN.

ANOTHER AWESOME NIGHT COMES TO AN END.

PHOTO: KEITH LEROUX

JIMMY. AN ICON, A LIFELONG INSPIRATION, AND A LOVELY MAN.

PHOTO: ROSS HALFIN

ROAD WARRIORS READY FOR THE END OF THE ROAD.

PHOTO: BRIAN LOWE

SOUL STATION. SEAN, GAVYN, CRYSTAL, LAURHAN, AND RAFAEL. PART OF THE TRIBE, PREACHING ONSTAGE AND LOVING LIFE.

I WENT FORWARD WITHOUT REALLY KNOWING MY DESTINATION. BUT I KNEW WHEN I GOT THERE, IT WAS HOME.

PHOTO: BRIAN LOWE