Saw him once awhile back. He use to do a New Years Eve show in Omaha annually. I saw him the last time he could do the show... that was when he made it big. Before that he did call-ins at an Alt. Rock station called the Edge. That is, until the station change formats... then he started calling in at the rock station Z-92.
I live about an one hour north of his home town of Pawnee City... heh, you guys should go there sometime...