RBRS Season One

The Rubber Biskit Road Show Presents "Never Say Never: An Epic Journey – Volume One, Part Eleven – Hasta La Vista Baby" Lee Roy George, now resting in the cold and unforgiving Kansas soil, leaves a void in The GYPSY's heart. As he bids farewell to the George family and embarks on the journey back to his home in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the cold and harsh trip mirrors the emotions that swirl within him. The motorcycle hums beneath him, echoing the contemplative thoughts racing through his mind.

In the chilling aftermath of laying his biological father to rest in the city cemetery of Holton, Kansas, on a cold March day in 1979, The GYPSY finds himself chauffeured to Lee Roy's wake. As he journeys through this emotional landscape, he continues to reflect on the elusive connection he shares with the father he never had the chance to know. Simultaneously, the narrative takes a compelling plunge into the past, transporting readers to 1959. Shirley, The GYPSY's mother, experiences the shattering of her dream life with the man she loves when he commits a grisly and horrendous murder. The repercussions of this heinous act send shockwaves through Shirley's world, causing her to spiral further down into the depths of her mental illness.

In Part Six of Never Say Never: An Epic Journey - Volume One The GYPSY starts on the cold, long trip on his motorcycle from Saint Joseph, Missouri to Topeka, Kansas to attend the funeral of a Father he never knew. We also discover how Shirley met and fell in love with that man. 

In Part Five of Never Say Never: An Epic Journey - Volume One we leave Shirley in 1954 and jump ahead in time to a day in March of 1979 when her son receives a phone call that starts him on a journey into Shirley's turbulent past.

In Part Four of Never Say Never: An Epic Journey - Volume One Shirley's psychotic break with reality has landed her in Topeka State Hospital. Upon her release from the hospital Shirley makes a decision that will forever change the course of her life.

In Part Three of Never Say Never: An Epic Journey - Volume One The GYPSY starts on a search to reconnect with his own past and instead ends up discovering the past of his mother. We also witness an episode in Shirley's life  that led to her first psychotic break with reality.

In Part Two of Never Say Never: An Epic Journey - Volume One you will meet Romani Craftsman Walter Hummel, his wife Priscilla and their children as they head west towards a new life in a new land. You will also meet a giant of a woman, Harriet Hummel-Wickman. You will continue this Epic Journey through Oklahoma with The GYPSY as he travels to Kansas on his motorcycle to lay Shirley's remains to rest. You will explore the past while moving forward towards the final goal.

Join The GYPSY as he takes you on an Epic Journey into his life, the life of his family and the life of his mother; Shirley Elizabeth Hummel, who suffered from mental illness her entire life. Shirley's story is not an easy one to hear.  At times you will be uncomfortable with her situation. Other times you may laugh or fill the warmth that all to often eluded her. You may even find yourself angry and horrified at the situations and tragedies that drove Shirley further and further into her illness. The one thing you will not leave with is ignorance.