Larry Hoppen,
co-founder of ORLEANS (and the voice of their
megahits Still the One, Dance With Me, Love Takes Time
etc.) has co-produced a CD with David Sancious (veteran of Bruce Springsteen's
E Street Band, and more recently Sting's quartet). Together with Tony Levin
(bass with Peter Gabriel, King Crimson etc.) and drummer Terry Silverlight,
they cut 8 Hoppen tunes, plus Todd Rundgren's Pretending to Care
and the Beatles' No Reply.
All sales profits and 100 percent of Hoppen's publishing royalties are being donated
to Sunshine For HIV Kids Inc., a nonprofit corporation which Hoppen
and his wife/Physician Assistant, Patricia, started in 1993 to help HIV-positive
children and their families. The CD will be released on national and
international scales as soon as possible. The CD is Hoppen's first release
apart from Orleans in that band's 25-year history and has been met with
universally enthusiastic praise (from fans, newcomers, radio and press) both
for the fine pop music and the larger purpose of the project.
The UnHerd
Larry Hoppen- lead vocals, guitars, acoustic/electricpiano
David Sancious- all keyboards, gtr Love Is Love, BG vocals
Tony Levin- bass (except on Keep On Shining & Looking For The Light, which is Rob Leon)
Terry Silverlight- drums
other musicians:
Terry Pinkham- vocal duet w/ Larry on Keep On Shining, BG vocals
Jim Campagnola- saxophones
Lance Hoppen, Bob Leinbach, Ann Lang, Billy Squier, Cornelius Bumpus, Jeff Pinkham, Tim Lawless- Backing vocals
Produced by Larry Hoppen and David Sancious
Vocals arranged by Larry
Engineered by Robert Frazza
Recorded in Woodstock, NY
Remixed by Robert with David & Larry
Mastered at Masterdisk NYC by Scott Hull with Robert
Artwork Concept by Larry
Design, development and layout by Vivid Images
Sunshine Logo: Jeff Gebhardt
Songs:
One of the Lucky Ones (Larry Hoppen)
I Wanna Be In Love (Hoppen)
Looking For The Light (Hoppen)
No Reply (Lennon/McCartney, c. 1965 Maclen Songs administered by EMI/Northern Songs Ltd.)
Pretending To Care (T. Rundgren, c. 1985 Fiction Music/Humanoid Music)
Circles (Hoppen)
Poison Rain (Hoppen, Artie Traum)
Keep On Shining (Hoppen)
Give In To It (Hoppen, Marie Burns)
Lucky Ones reprise
All songs published by Songshine for HIV Kids (BMI) except where noted.
ORDER THE CD
Call/fax tollfree, 24 hours a
day at 1-888-SUN-4-KIDS
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