You know what’s a pain for every guy (sometimes literally)? Shaving first thing in the morning. Nothing like running cold steel blades across your face when you’re barely awake and can hardly see yourself in the fogged-up bathroom mirror. It’s a wonder we don’t all have self-inflicted nose jobs!

That’s why it’s good to be a celebrity (besides all the fame and fortune, I mean). When they need a shave, they get it done in style – by the kind of personnel every man definitely wants to have in his face.

Take Sting, for example. A good example, since the vast majority of us males screech “Roxanne” while we’re shaving. (Not to mention that Nick saw the first Police comeback performance at the GRAMMY® awards in 2007 and Chris flew to see them on their closest stop to Orlando, which was Atlanta. Yeah, we’re fans.) When Sting did the reunion tour with The Police earlier this year, he grew a long grey beard and was starting to look like some kind of lost Nordic explorer.

So he did all his fans – and his face – a big favor at The Police’s final concert at Madison Square Garden – and turned the stage into his own barbershop, as he got shaved onstage by a couple of beauts who knew how to take care of business – even if we’re not too sure they actually had a barber license between them.

Watch what happened here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh-DYyMWAUo and read more about what happened that memorable night on Sting’s own website here: www.sting.com/archives/tours/tours.php.

Then there was talk show legend David Letterman. When the writer’s strike sidelined his show for months, he grew himself his own Mountain Man beard. When he came back on the air, it was once again “Big, Rich Star” gets hot chick to shave him in public.

Watch the one-liners fly here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfK0OqWdBc8

Obviously, there’s something special about getting someone else to do your shaving for you that’s pretty cool, or guys like that wouldn’t make such a big deal out of it. It goes back to the old barbershop experience that’s almost completely vanished – where a guy got to lie back in the barber chair, get the professional straight razor shave that’s as close as possible and walk away looking good – and feeling better.

That’s the feel we’re trying to recreate at our brand new line of Kennedy’s All-American Barber Clubs – the best of the old-time barbershop experience, but with all the modern amenities, such as modern grooming products and beverages. We wanted to start a franchise where guys could go and feel good about getting their hair cut again – not have to sit in a discount, unisex salon waiting for their turn. And we think we’ve succeeded.

You can check out our locations and franchise opportunities at www.kennedysbarberclub.com. You might not find Sting or David Letterman in our barbershops – but you’ll find local celebrities and other discerning gentlemen among a professional friendly bunch of making your shave and haircut a downright pleasurable experience.

Ah…the old barbershop experience. A man would go in on a Saturday morning, share a few tall tales and jokes with his pals, and get a simple haircut and a smooth, relaxing shave from his favorite barber. That barbershop was more than a business – it was more like a social club where a guy could be a guy – and have the license to be completely “politically incorrect,” if he so choses.

But one of the absolute best parts of that barbershop visit was one that’s now almost completely a lost art. That’s a shave with a straight-razor. Most of us men are used to just quickly running an electric shaver, or some other multi-bladed razor across our face while we get ready for work. In the good old days, you could sit back in the barber chair, get a fresh hot towel and lather all over your face and have your friendly neighborhood barber make your face feel as smooth as a baby’s…skin.

Now there are limited opportunities to have that amazing experience…with today’s strip-mall haircut franchises dominating the landscape, and older barbershops being put up for sale . It’s still great when a barbershop does things the old-fashioned way – just take a look at how film and television star Matthew Modine gets himself the deluxe straight razor service every morning to start his day off right – check out this link (go about three and a half minutes into the show to see the barbershop segment…Surely you can tolderate Issac for a few minutes can’t you?):

www.truveo.com/Getting-Shaved-with-Matthew-Modine/id/743187820

As you can see from that YouTube clip, it’s easy to get the impression that the straight-razor shave treatment is headed the way of the buggy-whip and icebox businesses. We couldn’t bear to see that happen – which is why we decided to start a barbershop franchise that we call Kennedy’s All-American Barber Club®, an exciting and innovative group of barbershop franchises that brings back the reassuring feel of yesteryear’s shave-and-a-haircut with the best of today’s amenities and grooming products. At one of our Kennedy’s barbershops, you can buy a ticket back to “Nostalgia Central” – and get, as our slogan guarantees, “The best haircut and straight razor shave you’ve ever had, or it’s free!”

Find out more about Kennedy’s All-American Barber Club® locations and franchise opportunities at www.kennedysbarberclub.com. It’s an idea whose time has come…Again!

On this blog you will learn about the latest and greatest for the discerning gentleman in you. We’ll begin posting items shortly, but in the meantime be sure to send us anything you come across that you think other fine Kennedy’s like you would like to hear about. You can email us at web@kennedysbarberclub.com

We look forward to hearing from you!