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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Another Year Older, Another Year Lovin’ My Music!

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025

I was born in May of 1962 so you do the math…it’s a bit painful for me!  I know some of you reading this are thinking, “Oh, you’re still a baby!”  And some of you…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Reminiscing with Roberta
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Reminiscing with Roberta

May 9, 2025May 8, 2025

So, I am sitting here in a random cappuccino bar, trying to get my thoughts together about this week’s column. How it generally happens is my weekly topics just come to me, I open my…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: One Man’s Musical Journey
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: One Man’s Musical Journey

May 2, 2025April 30, 2025

From 1977-1987, the rock band Journey rose to be one of the most popular and commercially successful musical acts in history.  “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Open Arms,” “Faithfully” and several other of the band’s tunes have…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: A True and Holy Rock Star

April 25, 2025May 8, 2025

The loss of Pope Francis this week has many of the Catholic faith hard.  He was a kind and fair man, a leader of millions.  I have been blessed in many ways, but having a…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Where have all the ballrooms gone?
Backstage with Ron Onesti

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Where have all the ballrooms gone?

April 11, 2025May 8, 2025

I would like to tell you about an old friend of mine who passed away during COVID.  His name was Nick, or as I called him, “Uncle Nick’.  He was 94 when he left us,…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Mixing Rock Music with Italian Pleasure
Backstage with Ron Onesti

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Mixing Rock Music with Italian Pleasure

April 4, 2025April 3, 2025

As I am writing this, I am in Rome looking at ancient church-top domes with the aroma of fresh brewed espresso finding its way to my open hotel room window. I am being serenaded by…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Our Variety of Music Began At Home
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Our Variety of Music Began At Home

March 28, 2025May 8, 2025

As a music fan, I count my blessings every day that I was born WHEN I was born.   The year was 1962.  If I brought up an issue from 1990, it would not seem that…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Alice Cooper and “Super Ron”
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Alice Cooper and “Super Ron”

March 21, 2025March 26, 2025

What I do for a living doesn’t usually qualify for “Combat pay,” but occasionally the combination of Classic Rock and Miller Lite creates a precarious situation that causes more excitement than the concert itself. Most…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Danny Seraphine…From “CHICAGO” to The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

March 17, 2025March 17, 2025

At 9 years of age, Danny Seraphine first picked up a set of drumsticks, beginning a musical roller coaster ride that gave the world some of the best-loved pop hits of our lifetime. Sixty years…

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Backstage with Ron Onesti: A Badfinger, But a Great Guy
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: A Badfinger, But a Great Guy

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

Throughout our various careers, there are trophies, special moments and great memories we accumulate.  During my last few decades doing what I do in show biz, I have been blessed to work with some of…

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