On Stage: Barone and Mercer revist NYC music scene of the late 70’s
By Denny Dyroff, Entertainment Editor, The Times
Richard Barone and Glenn Mercer
If you want to hear a top caliber musician tap into musical history with authority and bring music from the past to the present to perform it in a contemporary way, then Richard Barone is your man.
Barone is an American rock musician who first gained attention as frontman for the Bongos. He works as a songwriter, arranger,...
On Stage: ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ brings the laughs
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Larry Lees
When audiences watch “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” – the current production at the Candlelight Theater (2208 Millers Road, Arden, Delaware, 302- 475-2313, www.candlelighttheatredelaware.org) – they fall into three categories.
There are those who have seen the film starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, those who have never seen the film and...
On Stage (Extra): Barone dives into the soul of 60’s Village artists
By Denny Dyroff, Staff Writer, The Times
Richard Barone
New York City is – and always has been – one of the music capitols of the world.
In the mid-to-late 1960s, folk music and rock music came together with some jazz influences on the side to take popular music to a whole new place.
It was when folk-rock was born and when the DNA for country-rock was starting to come into existence.
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