It’s not everyday a TV news reporter quits work to tour the country in a rock band, but my friend and (former) colleague Nigel Wheeler did just that several months ago.
He paid a surprise visit to the newsroom tonight while he was passing through town, so I thought I’d pass along an update on his life as Kali Green, lead vocalist for the band Egress.
He looks great, and says his new career as a rock star is awesome.
As he left the station, he was headed to Florida for a series of concerts there.
The old used RV his band bought died a long time ago and is parked in some junkyard in Whitney, Texas. So now, they travel in a large van and haul a trailer loaded with their gear.
He has some major new sponsors, which makes paying the bills a lot easier. Among them are Holiday Inn and Arbys (what a combination). So he’ll never go hungry, and will always have a place to stay, although he says at times the band has to sleep on the floor out of necessity.
The band plans to travel to Europe later this year.
Anyway, Nigel, errr Kali, is doing very well.
His mother still isn’t thrilled. He jokes that she is offering to pay his way through grad school anywhere he wants to go. But for now, life on the road is the life he chooses.
His old friends at NBC 5 only wish him the best!
Gordon Gabs 
WOW no way I always wondered what happened to him….I’m gald to see that he’s doing good!
best of luck to you Nigel