What was it like for YOU 10 years ago? A lot happens over a decade, but the only thing certain is that everyone reading this is 10 years older now than at the beginning of 2000! 
We’re not only older but hopefully wiser, too. Here’s what the last decade looks like to me from here and [...]

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We met Greg Rike after a Rock & Pop Masters show at Kenedy Space Center in December ‘07. Frankly, it was a very hectic day; so, although we’d planned on filming an Orleans interview, the day went by: driving, soundcheck, dinner, changing, the show, Meet’n’Greet then winding down to drive home. But, we STILL hadn’t [...]

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Well, we didn’t think this would be ready in time for Christmas, but HERE IT IS !!! We are so very pleased and proud to announce …

Greg Rike, Nick Miller and the people at Living Legends Music have done a PHENOMENAL job of capturing our story — ALL 37 YEARS of it — in this [...]

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Hi everyone - thanks SO much for your messages about the song ‘For Fathers Everywhere’ !!!

Too many for me to answer individually, so i will share a few things with you in response to your various (but ultimately, similar - and I believe, universal) thoughts and feelings.
The Hoppen parents (of Lance, Lane and myself) are [...]

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 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
ORLEANS, Co-founder and “The Voice” of Mega-hits “Dance with Me” and “Still the One” Schedules South Florida Meet-And-Greet
 
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (April 27, 2009) - Vocalist, Songwriter, Producer, and Recording Artist, Larry Hoppen, of the classic American band Orleans will be at the Paul Green School of Rock Music in Coral Springs on Saturday, [...]

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Little darlin’, it’s been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darlin’, it seems like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun and I say
It’s alright!
           — George Harrison
Wow! Has it been over two months since we last posted to this blog?
Or should I say, has it only been 2 months!?!?! As the [...]

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Merry Christmas … alll around the world!

It’s Christmas Eve and, whether or not your belief system celebrates the Holiday as such, you can’t help but be affected by the “peace on Earth, goodwill towards men” feelings it brings with it. Nations lay down arms and even the most “dysfunctional” of families do their best to get [...]

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Today I bring you sad news of the passing of one of our dear old friends, Artie Traum.
Artie was a Woodstock neighbor and an extrememly talented artist in his own right but, much more importantly, he was just one of the greatest guys you could ever hope to call “friend”.
In honor of Artie, we are offering [...]

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