Backstage with Ron Onesti: Cool Man Luke   I didn’t grow up a country music fan. Being from the “big city” of Chicago, the only country I was subjected to wa..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Here’s to the heroes For me, as it is with so many others, Memorial Day is a bittersweet celebration. It is a solemnly difficult day as we remember..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Show me the “Eddie” money! I just love this guy! In my years in showbiz, Eddie Money has come to be one of the most interesting and down-to-e..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: To all the dads out there Each year, for the past 24, I have produced a festival on Father’s Day weekend in Chicago’s Little Tuscany neighbor..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Backups who moved to the front Oh my God, the music legends we are losing! It’s an obvious statement, one we all shake our heads over, especially o..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: I wanna bang on the drum all day I don’t want to work, I just wanna bang on the drum all day … Todd Rundgren was at the Arcada Theatre earlier th..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Paul Shaffer … The Late Night Maestro For 33 years, America’s No. 1 musical sidekick, Paul Shaffer, took us to commercials and tossed in a quip o..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: Vinyl records are back, Yay! This week marks the 140th anniversary of Thomas Edison’s phonograph. So, it is also officially the 140th anniversary o..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: My ties with The Beatles Icons like Pat Benatar, Boz Scaggs, Burton Cummings, Chuck Berry, Buddy Guy and many more leave me stuttering when I speak with ..

Backstage with Ron Onesti: The power of pasta If by chance I have made your acquaintance, or maybe we have crossed paths on Facebook or somewhere else, you would know I am an Itali..