{"id":2102,"date":"2013-07-16T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T21:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donnaloren.net\/latestnews\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2013-07-16T13:32:46","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T23:32:46","slug":"the-rip-chords-1964-and-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/2013\/07\/16\/the-rip-chords-1964-and-now\/","title":{"rendered":"With the Rip Chords, nearly 50-years on&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4j5M9tZlt_k\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaloren.net\/latestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Caravan-of-Stars-Program-1-400x552.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2111\" title=\"Caravan of Stars Program 1-400x552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donnaloren.net\/latestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Caravan-of-Stars-Program-1-400x552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Caravan-of-Stars-Program-1-400x552.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Caravan-of-Stars-Program-1-400x552-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>How did I know when I toured with <a href=\"http:\/\/theripchords.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Rip Chords<\/a> on Dick Clark&#8217;s Caravan Of Stars in 1964, that nearly 50-years later Richie Rotkin and the gang would be backing me up at a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnaloren.net\/latestnews\/?p=2087\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Cobra&#8221; event<\/a> near my home in California this past weekend!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Richie told me that in all his years of performing with the Rip Chords, they have never invited a guest to be part of <em>their<\/em> act. Sure, friends stop by in Vegas and elsewhere to play bongos or sing background vocals, but no one has ever taken center stage with them until now! I&#8217;m truly honored&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Well, Mitch Schecter (musical director\/lead guitar), rehearsed with Amy (keyboards\/vocals), for weeks and the result was solid parts and terrific background vocals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It was a joy to sing with The Rip Chords this past Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Viva la Music!!!<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H_UUABw_DKY\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did I know when I toured with The Rip Chords on Dick Clark&#8217;s Caravan Of Stars in 1964, that nearly 50-years later Richie Rotkin and the gang would be backing me up at a\u00a0&#8220;Cobra&#8221; event near my home in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/2013\/07\/16\/the-rip-chords-1964-and-now\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appearances","category-music-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2117,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.donnaloren.com\/latestnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}