In a recent interview Lou Gramm says he’ll be retiring from touring next year. Lou says he’s been on the road for 54 years when you include the band he was in before Foreigner.

“I just feel like there’s some other things that I want to do. I want to spend more time with my children -- my older children and my younger child -- and spend more time playing with my cars while I’m still capable of driving.” And that he wants to ”just stay off the road and enjoy my home, the surroundings and my family and friends, something that I’ve had to sacrifice for over 50 years.

I’ve done all there is to do, I feel. And being in the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame are huge milestones for me. You know, I think in this business, you just know when it’s time,"

So while he told me he’d like to go back out on the road with Foreigner when I interviewed him in May, he’s making that dream happen and soon he’ll be ready to call it a day.