Rock Falls, Illinois. Rock Falls, Illinois, is about 90 miles from Chicago. I was 1/2 pounds when I was born. Like Francine says, that's where I got the double bass drums. 13 1/2 pounds. That's a big baby. That's a giant of a baby. My dad was big. My mother was small. So I got the smallness from my mom, and the bigness in my hands and feet from my dad.