Documentary Review: The Perfect Exit: Kingman, Arizona

 This video is available through Kingman Library.  It was produced in 2009.  I follows the exploits of Boze Bell and his band mates as the decide to get together 40 years after their high school days and perform again as a band.  The end up with a few more, so it is nine people who are going to play.  The band was called The Exits, as they figured that is where everyone would head when they played.  However come the day of the concert, Boze Bell the drummer had a massive heart attack.  For a time there was fear he would not make it; but they played the concert that night anyway, and agreed to another in which Bell could participate.  

Bob Bell was born in Iowa in 1946.  At six months the family moved to Peach Springs, AZ, and then ten years later to Kingman.  His father ran a station on Route 66 and his family were farmers in Iowa.  On his mothers side they were mostly ranchers in Kingman.  When the family moved to Kingman Boze met Charlie Waters.  The two hit it off and would become The Exits in junior high with friends Wayne Rutschman, Terry Mitchell and Steve Burford.  

They presented two concerts after over forty years in Kingman.  The first, The Exits Family, and then a year later, Music is the Cure.  Both concerts turned into benefits, the second for the local hospital.  Other local musicians joined the group for the concerts: Mike Torres, Roger Enrico, Steve Paroni, Larry Archer, Ken Kingman, John Waters, Gary Conrad, Vern Andrews, Michael Quine, Dan Harshberger, Bebe Dezier, Raelene Havatone and Steve Burford.  Raelene's father, Wendell Havatone was a member of the original group who had passed away.  

The video includes many pictures of Kingman from the 60s.  Also many memories of the basketball team.  In the extra scenes section there is a slide of pictures from the yearbook sponsors at the time.  Most of the businesses are no longer with us.