The Spectra All-Stars finish their 2011 Summer Tour dates this coming Friday in Kansas City, MO.
Friday, Sept. 23rd — 8 PM
Uptown Theater
3700 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-753-8665
Tickets
This particular concert features 1970s / 80’s Rock music legends Larry Hoppen (Orleans), John Cafferty (Beaver Brown Band / Eddie and the Cruisers), Robbie Dupree, David Pack (former lead vocalist of Ambrosia) [...]

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It’s another gorgeous summer/fall day here in Nashville … one in a series that has visited us all week long. And, to be honest, there are a lot of things I’d prefer to be doing other than sitting at this computer, writing this blogpost. But it’s been SUCH a long time since I last wrote [...]

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So … we’ve been keeping a few secrets lately.
Some have already found this one, which slipped unannounced into the OrleansOnline.com store about a week ago.
Orleans: Then and Now … greatest hits and MORE! is a brand new compilation of all the A-list stuff that people ask for all the time at the live shows. It just made [...]

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Larry Hoppen’s newest collection is a project that spans many years. Enhancing / redoing some of the tracks from his 1996 Looking For the Light CD, adding NEW songs, then mixing and remastering it all as one album yields a VERY listenable and satisfying group of tunes!
The band includes Tony Levin (bass), David Sancious (keys) and [...]

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After a long, long winter, what a way to get back in the saddle! March was FULL of Class-A gig experiences for both band and audience alike, beginning with …
March 3rd — Rock & Pop Masters at the Orlando, FL Hard Rock Hotel’s “LIVE” theater … John Cafferty & Tunes, Jimi Jamison, Fergie Frederiksen (ex-Toto) and [...]

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This is too good NOT to pass on!
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/RiFdqi2wvt4xQAje 
(Tip: toggle to Full Sceen for the best effect :-))
This morning I awoke to this link to an e-card sent to the band by our long-time friend, road/production manager and house mixer, Michael Malfesi (pictured below). After I finished laughing out loud, I KNEW I had [...]

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While touring with the classic pop group Orleans and performing solo, Fly Amero happens to have a long history as a comedy music writer and producer.
For 10 years starting in the mid-1980s, he was a staff writer with ABC Radio National, creating and recording topical music parodies and morning commuter broadcast comedy bits monthly for [...]

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This past weekend (Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10th and 11th), found us in North Carolina — specifically, Greensboro and Winston-Salem, where we played the communities’ Coliseums as part of the longstanding Salvation Army food-raising drives. In their 23rd year, sponsored by the local Fox affilaite (Channel 8 ) and Sealy Mattress Co., which is NC-based, these events drew upwards [...]

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Merry Christmas - Happy Hanukkah - Happy Kwanzaa 
(did I leave anybody out?)
Regardless of one’s specific religious/spiritual heritage, this time of year seems to bring out the best in people … all that gift-giving and good will towards men (and women) stuff!
Hey — works for me! So … In that spirit, here is our FAVORITE new seasonal discovery … an offering [...]

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It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the US. A day we set aside to proclaim and celebrate our gratitude for that which we have … or even what we don’t have … or just the fact that we’re still standing. Even in these generally tough times for all, there IS so much to be grateful for.
I [...]

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