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Backstage with Ron Onesti: We Should “Live Like We Are Dying”
Ron Onesti: We should “Live like we are dying” Although I have been doing this column for a few years now, I would not profess to say that I am a “writer”. There are those who…
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Here’s To My Heroes
Ron Onesti: Here’s to MY Heroes! Ever since I was a young boy, I have enjoyed watching biographies on TV. I think it started with Frazier Thomas and “Family Classics”. Although the first thing that comes…
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: ZZ King? Still the “TOP” Look in Rock and Roll
Ron Onesti: ZZ KING? Still the “Top” look in Rock and Roll Legends and icons…how lucky am I to be able to host these megastars at The Arcada Theatre and now the Des Plaines Theatre who…
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Bright Songs In Tragic Times
Ron Onesti: Bright Songs in Tragic Times Today I was walking down my “birthzone” of Taylor Street and it reminded me of an old guy I miss dearly. He was a very good friend who is…
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: “The Boss”…Celebrating Bruce Springsteen This Week
Ron Onesti: Backstage with “The Boss”…Celebrating Bruce Springsteen this week Being in the biz of entertainment for almost four decades, one can only imagine how many boxes of “stuff” I have packed away in my basement….
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: A Beach Party Birthday with Frankie Avalon
Ron Onesti: A Beach Party Birthday with Frankie Avalon I can’t tell you how many people come up to me and say, “What a cool job you have”! They see me on stage, hanging with celebs…
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: My “Rock and Roll Roots”
Ron Onesti: My “Rock and Roll Roots” Who are your music heroes? I get that question asked of me all the time. And I have answered that question literally hundreds of times. When it comes to…
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Backstage with Ron Onesti: “American Bandstand,” a Sock Hop in the Sky
Ron Onesti: “American Bandstand,” a Sock Hop in the Sky It’s hard to believe that Rock ‘N Roll icon Dick Clark would have been 93 years old. Although he passed away ten years ago this April,…
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Backstage with the Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti: The “Flavors” of Life
Ron Onesti: The “Flavors” of Life Not all my columns are about my first concert or the way things “used to be”. Sometimes there are things that hit me as I sit down to write this…