Oldies Rock 'N' Roll Show

Hear MP3's of Don and Company here! -- It's So Easy ~ Your Mama Don't Dance ~ Splish Splash ~ Country Roads
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 Don sings, plays guitar, harmonica and uses prerecorded bass, drums and keyboard sounds he pre-records on mini disks in his studio, Rainbow Music. He sounds like a full band and performs dozens of oldies such as "Another Saturday Night", "Take It Easy", "At The Hop", "Bad Bad LeRoy Brown", "Be Bop A Lula", "Blueberry Hill", "Bony Maronie", "Brown Eyed Girl",  "Bye Bye Love", "I'm A Believer", "It's My Party", "Johnny B Goode", "Peggy Sue", "Proud Mary", "Rambling Man", "Rock Around The Clock", "Run Around Sue", "Joy To The World", "Kansas City", "Let's Twist Again", "Old Time Rock and Roll",  "Unchained Melody", "Yellow Submarine", "You're Sixteen" and "Your Mama Don't Dance."
. If Courtney  is included, she can sing these songs:"Here For The Party",  "Have You Ever Seen The Rain", "It's So Easy", "Labamba","Born To Fly","Grandpa Tell Me", "Amazing Grace", "Delta Dawn", "Life's A Dance", "When Will I Be Loved" and "Traveling Soldier". Courtney  also harmonizes my leads and interacts with the audience
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If Karlea  is included, she can sing these songs: "Amazing Grace","Labamba", Born To Fly", "Every Little Thing", "I'm Alright",  "Delta Dawn", "Life's A Dance", "Heads California", "Zip A Dee Doo Da",  "It's So Easy", "Independence Day", "Brown Eyed Girl" and "I Can See Clearly Now".Karlea harmonizes my leads and interacts with the audience.

 

Courtney and Karlea

 

Don started singing and playing guitar in college with a 4 piece rock band called the Sig Ep Heartbeats. In the late 60's and 70's he formed a folk group, The Noblemen and a country / folk / rock duo named Don and Judie. In 1979, he founded the Connecticut Songwriters Association and continues today as Director Emeritus. In 1982-83, he fronted his own 5 piece country band. For the past 27 years, his One Man Show has consisted of vocals, guitar, harmonica, banjo with prerecorded bass, drums and keyboards. He now offers 11 shows with hats, props and an audience-handout Song Request List with 250 song titles divided into 8 different song categories. Shows may be performed indoors or outdoors, day or evening, and professional sound and lighting are provided.  
Don owns Rainbow Music , a teaching and recording studio in Glastonbury, CT. Don has performed thousands of shows including recent concerts at the Torrington Library, Norton Park in Plainville, 27 years at Lebanon Fair, 27 years at Strawberry Park Campground in Preston, CT, the Big E Camping Show in Springfield, MA, First Nights in Hartford and Mystic, Danbury and Torrington, He was a featured summer performer at Quassy Amusement Park in Middlebury, CT and has played 15 different CT country fairs, over 100 Florida R.V. Parks and hundreds of New England park and rec. concerts, senior centers, restaurants and clubs including the U.S. Subase in Groton, CT. 
You are welcome to contact the following references:
Torrington, CT Torrington Library Oldies Show .
......."Don put on a lively, entertaining show for us. I highly recommend him." Karen Worrall 860-489-6684
New Britain, CT Parks and Rec. Summer  Shows . Bill DeMaio 860-826-3364
Bolton, CT Bolton Parks and Rec. Tracy Sargent (860) 649-8066 Ext 109
Columbia, CT Columbia Bicentennial, Felicia Vezina (860) 228-3353
Cromwell, CT Cromwell Recreation, Susan Schein (860) 632-3467
Danbury, CT First Night Danbury, Toni Drescher (860) 567-3036
Hebron, CT Hebron Fair, John Gregory (860) 295-8484
Lebanon, CT Lebanon Country Fair, Joe Thibeault (860) 642-7703
Lyme, CT Lyme's Youth Service Bureau, (860) 434-7208
Mansfield, CT Mansfield Parks and Rec. Jay O'Keefe (860) 429-3321
Mystic, CT First Night Mystic, Bill Pere (860) 572-9285
North Andover, MA No. Andover Recreation Dept. Bill McEvoy (978) 688-0126
Oxford, CT Oxford Gazebo Concerts, Eva Lavigne (203) 881-0033
Preston, CT Strawberry Park Campground, Dave Nowkowski (860) 886-1944
Prospect, CT Prospect Library, Barb Peterson (203) 758-3001
Putnam, CT - Putnam Park and Rec. Sue Allard (860) 963-1163 or Willie Bousquet (860) 963-6811
Rocky Hill, CT Veterans Hosp. Betty Simpson (860) 257-1170
Stonington,CT Stonington Parks and Rec. Jim Ballato (860) 599-1193
Suffield, CT Suffield Parks and Rec. Cindy Fisher (860) 668-0237
Winsted, CT White Pines Campsites, Gaye Layton (860) 738-2022
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Check out these oldies and tell Don what you want to hear!
Always On My Mind
American Pie
Another Saturday Night
Are You Lonesome Tonight
At The Hop
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
Bad Moon Rising
Be Bop A Lula

Before You Accuse Me
Blueberry Hill
Bony Maronie
Brown Eyed Girl
Cat's In The Cradle
Could I Have This Dance
Devoted To You
Eighteen Wheels
Everyday
Gambler
Hello Muddah Hello Faddah
House Of The Rising Sun
Hula Hoop
I Can See Clearly Now
I'm A Believer
It's My Party
I Walk The Line
Johnny B Goode
Joy To The World (Jeremiah)
King Of The Road
Labamba
Lasagna
Let's Twist Again
Lion Sleeps Tonight
Lollipop
Looking Out My Back Door
Love Me Tender

Lucille
Lyin' Eyes
Margaritaville
Me And Bobby McGee
Mr. Bojangles
Moon River
New York, New York
Old Time Rock And Roll
On The Road Again
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Peggy Sue
Proud Mary
Ramblin' Man
Rock Around The Clock
Rose (The)
Run Around Sue
Save The Last Dance For Me
Since I Met You Baby
Singing The Blues
Spanish Eyes
Splish Splash
Sunshine Go Away Today
Take It Easy
Teenager In Love
Tequila Sunrise
To All The Girls I've Loved
Unchained Melody
Under The Boardwalk
What'd I Say
Will You Still Love Me 
Yellow Submarine
You're Sixteen 
Your Mama Don't Dance
For details call Don Donegan at 860-659-8992 or e-mail ddcsa@aol.com