Larry Hoppen
Lance Hoppen
John Hall
Wells Kelly
Tribute
Live Volume 1
Still The One Live
Dancin' In The Moonlight
Were Still Havin' Fun
**New**
Available at Friday Music,
Orleansonline.com or
as digital download on iTunes.
Friday Music
Orleans Official Website
There's more to Larry Hoppen than just great guitar. Take a look
here.
"The best unrecorded band in the country,"
(circa 1972-73)
- Rolling Stone
**NEW**
www.wolfgangsvault.com now
has 4 concerts of Orleans, available. The concerts
were recorded in 1977, and features the lineup of Larry Hoppen, Lance Hoppen, John Hall, Wells
Kelly, and Jerry Marotta. The concert can be streamed for free or
purchased for $9.99.
Trivia
1. The longest recorded non cover song, "Analog Man"
6:45
-1996 "Ride" CD.
(Not "Analog Men" CD)
2. The shortest recorded non cover song: "Dukie's Tune" 2:05
-1980 "Orleans" LP.
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Unofficial Website
Special thanks to Larry & Lance Hoppen for their input.
If you'd like an OrleansForever.com email, let me
know at
admin@OrleansForever.com.
Orleans Now Has An
Official
MySpace Page.
Be sure to send a friend request if you're on MySpace.
**New Concert DVD**
Buy it.....Here
Check out the DVD Page for songs performed
Still the one - and still going strong after more than 35 years
recording and touring, Orleans - the creators of the hits Dance With Me,
Still The One, Let There Be Music, Love Takes Time and Forever released
their latest studio album Dancin' In The Moonlight in 2005. In June
2007, the band released We're Still Havin' Fun, a collection of live
recordings from their recently released debut concert DVD. If that
wasn't enough, Orleans is playing plenty of gigs across the country
showcasing many new songs and a new member.
Today Orleans is Larry Hoppen, Lance Hoppen, Lane Hoppen, famed Elton
John drummer Charlie Morgan and Dennis "Fly" Amero, who has replaced
John Hall, the recently elected U.S. Congressman (D, NY-19)! Fly is a
veteran of Orleans team from the early 1980s.
Sadly, cofounding drummer Wells Kelly passed away in 1984 in England
while on tour with Meatloaf, but with his passing brought about the
reunion of John, Larry and Lance through a brief performance at Wells'
memorial service. Since then, Orleans has released many great albums and
done countless performances with John, until mid-2006 when his
Congressional campaign took precedence over his music career. Recently,
Orleans - with Fly AND John - performed at a DCCC fundraiser where Spkr.
Nancy Pelosi introduced the band!
This is a website dedicated to Orleans and their history. It's for the
fans as well as all members of Orleans past and present to participate
in anyway you or they choose in helping to develop an informative and
accurate website. Everyone knows their history of the band from 1972 -
1976, but there's a lot of missing pieces from 1976 on that haven't been
covered in great detail. We will, together over time, hopefully clear up
misconceptions and trade reality-based information about the band since
its beginning. My goal is that we wind up creating the most detailed and
colorful history of a inique, wonderful band and those who have worked
with them over the decades.
For current information on Orleans, check out their official website at
www.orleansonline.com
and be sure to sign up for the newsletter direct from Lance himself,
lots of special offers, free music downloads, current news and more.
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I've done my best to create a website from a fan's perspective.
Here you'll find a comprehensive discography (which to my knowledge is
the most accurate and complete one that exists on the band) with each
album or CD receiving its own webpage. You'll be able to see the
albums/CDs up close, inserts, obi strips, rare cd's like Analog Men
(which was only released in Japan), the differences between U.S. and
Japanese versions of a similar CD. The only thing missing may be lyrics
to the songs.
There's an interview section, you can read reviews of albums, link to
current and former band member websites, and I have posted tips in
finding Orleans' music - things that have worked for me. I want this
website to be interactive... have you been to a concert? have photo's?
created a compilation CD for yourself of your favorite songs? have
stories? Then PLEASE tell me/us about it ! You'll receive credit for
anything provided.
Lastly, I've done my best to be as accurate as possible, however there
is no definitive 'manual' on the band Orleans ;-) so if you see
something you are fairly sure to be incorrect, PLEASE let me know at
Admin@orleansforever.com
Thanks and enjoy the site!
Flashback
In 1979, Orleans released its 5th album "Forever" which spawned
the hit song Love Takes Time. During this period, 16 Magazine ran an
"Orleans Giveaway" contest for the Forever album and the Forever
songbook. The winners appeared in the March 1980 edition of 16 Magazine,
page 87 in the contest news section. Pictured below is that magazine.
Below the magazine cover image, you can click on the box for a closeup
of page 87.
The cost of 16 Magazine, March 1980, $1.00. The cost of 16 Magazine
2007, $3.99.
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