From rock and roll drummer to executive director of Steps of Faith, Shawnee native Billy Brimblecom has done a little bit of everything. 

After losing a leg to cancer in his 20’s, Brimblecom felt determined to continue to live life with the same vigor as before — and he found a passion for helping others do the same. 

Through Steps of Faith, Brimblecom helps others navigate the challenges amputees face, including the sometimes insurmountable financial hurdles associated with prosthetics. Brimblecom and his good friend Jason Sudeikis throw the annual “Thundergong!” gala at the Uptown Theater every November to raise money to help with the cost of prosthetics for those whose insurance won’t cover them. The husband, father, “Summer Breeze” drummer, and self-proclaimed sneakerhead talks music, faith, giving back, Air Jordans, and the beauty of Kansas City. 

From rock and roll drummer to executive director of Steps of Faith, Shawnee native Billy Brimblecom has done a little bit of everything. After losing a leg to cancer in his 20’s, Brimblecom felt determined to continue to live life with the same vigor as before — and he found a passion for helping others do the same. Through Steps of Faith, Brimblecom helps others navigate the challenges amputees face, including the sometimes insurmountable financial hurdles associated with prosthetics. Brimblecom and his good friend Jason Sudeikis throw the annual “Thundergong!” gala at the Uptown Theater every November to raise money to help with the cost of prosthetics for those whose insurance won’t cover them. The husband, father, “Summer Breeze” drummer, and self-proclaimed sneakerhead talks music, faith, giving back, Air Jordans, and the beauty of Kansas City.

“There’s just something about Kansas City.”™ It may be the most-heard phrase from those who are from here, those who have come here, & those who have chosen to stay. It’s a sense of pride, of camaraderie, of community and comfort. A sense of small-town, back-patio warmth brimming with growth, innovation and potential. A sense of zero degrees of separation in a city of champions.

For each of us, that “something” is a story crafted through years of experiences, big and small, that have planted the Heart of America so deeply in our own.

Join legendary Kansas City sports broadcaster Frank Boal each week for deep, down-to-earth conversations with some of this town’s most legendary residents, both natives and transplants, and hear what it is about Kansas City that just keeps calling them home.

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