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ORION nj

vintage, epic in genre of YES, Gabriel-era Genesis

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59 songs
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Picture for song 'portrait-carry on wayward son' by artist 'ORION nj'

portrait-carry on wayward son

we sometimes played covers although we were mostly an original band
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Picture for song 'time-comfortably numb' by artist 'ORION nj'

time-comfortably numb

we were primarily and original band, but we would play some covers at times. here is another recently found cover
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Picture for song 'nights in white satin' by artist 'ORION nj'

nights in white satin

one of several recovered covers songs from the old days
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Picture for song 'keep on loving you' by artist 'ORION nj'

keep on loving you

one of several old cover songs I found
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Picture for song 'GRAND ILLUSION' by artist 'ORION nj'

GRAND ILLUSION

just one of several old covers we did
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Orion was a band that existed primarily from 1976-1981 It consisted of 3 future members of AVALON USA, Joel Pirard, John Curtin, Jeff Kalmar, and also CJ Truitt and Roger Schnur. Previous members included Brian Legierre on drums, Jay MacMahon on vocals, Tony Lugamano who replaced Roger for a time, when he left, as did Brian) on drums, but the core became Joel, John and Jeff, until Roger returned, and CJ joined up. These songs are from original tapes made in 1980 from board mixes. In at least one or two occasions, the tapes have been slightly damaged over the years. I am trying to locate backups (they did exist) to archive these. The energy and audacity of youth was apparent. Banana Sound (still in business in NJ) was the sound and recording company. To you, all these years later, who may remember us, I hope this brings back some pleasant memories--J Pirard
Band/artist history
John and Jeff were cousins who had a band with Roger, I joined, as did Jay, then Roger left, Tony joined, then he left, then Brian, and Roger returned until and much later CJ ,and then we played together 5 years, In 1989, Jeff, Bruce Henninger and I formed AVALON USA, recruiting John and eventually Dan Bonadeo. in 2007, Jester's Promenade, featuring Joel and John, with Bruce Henninger of AVALON USA was formed.
Have you performed in front of an audience?
MANY TIMES in the mid 70's until 1981
Your musical influences
YES, GENESIS, KANSAS, ELP...
Anything else?
Jeff Kalmar guitar, violin, vocal John Curtin bass Joel Pirard, Keyboards, vocal Roger Schnur, Drums, vibes, percussion CJ Truitt, lead vocal, percussion other members were George Shater, Brian Legierre, Tony Lugomeno. Jay MacMahon, and John Hancer
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ORION nj

New Windsor, NY  USA

Rock Progressive Rock

id: 813183

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