September 22, 2023
That’s right, I had “Saturday Night Fever” I have always loved music…all kinds of music. People today know me pretty much as a rocker, but there was a fleeting moment when I was almost forced to “pick a team”- Disco…
September 15, 2023
“Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole DAMN town…”. We loved to sing that song at the top of our voices. Mainly because we got to swear “legally” because it was words to a song. I was 11…
September 8, 2023
Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti Music memories that made me I began grammar school in Chicago at St. Callistus off of Taylor Street and Ogden Avenue and graduated from Our Lady of the Angels School in 1976 (yes,…
September 1, 2023
It’s been a whirlwind!!! We have had soooo many shows recently, even more than normal! Gladys Knight, Christopher Cross, Paul Anka, Tony Danza, Chazz Palminteri, Tony Orlando and John Waite were among the twenty shows we had over the past…
August 25, 2023
As much of a Rock-N-Roller I am, I really appreciate Country music too! Many of our customers do too, so peppering our Oldies, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal and Prog Rock experiences with a little of the “Nashville Sound” provides a…
August 4, 2023
“Come on baby, Light my fire!” When you hear that, it really can mean just ONE thing…at least to anyone of and before my generation. It represents the same melodic yet intense voice and psychedelic sound that belted out “Riders…
July 21, 2023
I am not ashamed to say that at times, I am star struck. Many of my peers in show biz make it a point to show that the stars they hire for their stages “put their pants on one leg…
June 23, 2023
Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti Dionne Warwick…50-Plus Years of Pure Soul I Say A Little Prayer For Me was one of the defining songs of the Sixties. As the teenagers were getting into the acid rock of Jimi…
May 19, 2023
Ron Onesti: Sweet Memories of Patti Page In these days of high-speed internet and music downloads, it really doesn’t take much to be an international superstar with the right creative packaging and financing behind you. Even with that kind of digital…
May 5, 2023
Ron Onesti: “The Raging Bull”, a sweet guy deep down Each week, so many of you turn to my column in the Daily Herald’s Time Out section to see which Rock ’N Roller Backstage story I will have. But my behind-the-scenes…
April 21, 2023
Ron Onesti: Neighborhood guys from “CHICAGO” still Rock! Now that we are OFFICIALLY back from lockdowns and quarantines, music fans of all ages are returning, enjoying the music of their youth once again. And the entertainers who are performing at those…
April 14, 2023
Ron Onesti: Ya Mon! Reggae is where it’s at! Whether you like the music or not, know how to dance to it or not, or simply don’t know anything about its history, it is virtually impossible not to bob and sway…
