He and his wife, Cathy Conn, had a Top 10 single with “Reach Out of the Darkness” as Friend & Lover in 1968. It’s still played today, but it was their only hit.
The famous tenor Luciano Pavarotti once was in a Chicago audience for “Galena Rose," his one-man show: "You have the voice of an angel. You should have been an opera singer."
Chicago performer Corky Siegel said, “I think he was just the greatest in the Chicago folk scene.” He later reinvented himself, writing and performing in one-man plays about Mark Twain.
Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana (5400 W. 29th Ave.) in Gary has assembled quite a weekend of shows for Region music fans. Friday features hit-making country music artist Jo Dee