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Ron Onesti:  Baseball memories…The only Baseball this year I am honored to have been recently elected President of The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.  It is a forty-five-year-old organization of which I have been greatly involved with.  The founder…

Ron Onesti:  The Birth of Folk-Rock and History Repeating itself Have you by chance been watching the television special about “Laurel Canyon” lately?  It is a wonderful Rock-u-mentary about a small neighborhood located in the Hollywood Hills region of the…

Ron Onesti: Bright Songs in Tragic Times Today was a very big day!  A very good friend who is from my “Old Neighborhood” of Taylor Street turned 95!  His name is Al Centofante and he is a proud WWII veteran! …

Ron Onesti: “Other” Memorial Day Thoughts…Arcada Heroes “Other” Memorial Day Thoughts…Arcada Heroes This crazy year, as we all remember those lost in battle, and celebrate the lives unselfishly and courageously given to foster our freedoms, we may have had a…

Ron Onesti: Another King Is Gone We lost one of the very last founders of Rock ‘N Roll recently, Richard Wayne Penniman, otherwise known as Little Richard. As flamboyant as he was entertaining, he was often called the “Architect of…

Ron Onesti: Celebrating 15 years with this 94-year old gem May 13, 2005, a day that will live in infamy! Fifteen years ago this week, I signed my life away and took over The Arcada Theatre! And the truth is, I…

Ron Onesti: Another Year Older, Another Year Lovin’ My Music! Well today, May 8, is my birthday. I was born in 1962 so you do the math…it’s a bit painful for me! I know some of you reading this are…

Ron Onesti: What I Miss the Most, And What I Won’t Miss At All This Pandemic thing has been tough on so many fronts. Besides the health concerns, I believe it has been the “not knowing” that is so difficult on…

Ron Onesti: How will we get through all of this? What is going on? Nobody knows! This just another scary time in our history. Being in the hospitality industry, owning restaurants and bars myself, plus the theaters, I have fallen…

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 rock ‘n’ roll roots, one of my favorite “simple pleasures” is…

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 to mind when I think of that Sunday afternoon show…

So I am in Nashville attending some talent buyer meetings and decided to enjoy the beautiful day with a walk around the downtown entertainment district. I proceeded down 4th Street and happened upon the Holy Grail of country music, the…