CLASSIC ROCK ALL STARS
JERRY
CORBETTA, founder, keyboardist, and former lead
singer of the melodically and lyrically-oriented "Green-Eyed
Lady" group SUGARLOAF. Besides the often heard and
much-praised "Green-Eyed Lady", the group found gold
with "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You " in February 1975.
Life after Sugarloaf was just as artistically lucrative for Jerry
when he released a solo album for Warner Bros. In 1979, Jerry
joined FRANKIE VALI & THE FOUR SEASONS and he still found time
to write hit songs for GRACE JONES, BELINDA CARISLE and ROBERTA
FLACK / PEABO BRYSON duo who recorded the love-song classic "
You're Lookin' Like Love to Me" which went gold and climbed
right to the top of the charts. Jerry has thrived as a
performed/writer and record producer in the '80s,and since 1992
has performed world-wide with "The Rare Earth, Iron
Butterfly, Sugarloaf All stars.
PETER
RIVERA, former singer and drummer for the '70s
Supergroup RARE EARTH, recorded over seventeen albums, had top ten
hits with "Get Ready", " I Just Wanna
Celebrate", and the two-record set " RARE EARTH IN
CONCERT" which went double platinum; " Willie
Remembers" and "Ma" went gold. With Peter on the
drums and at the mike on lead vocals, Rare Earth sold over
twenty-five million records. Rivera has been called the premier
rock drummer/vocalist of the '70s.
MIKE
PINERA, former lead singer and guitarist for IRON
BUTTERFLY and THE BLUES IMAGE, received his first gold record for
the Blues Images' "Ride Captain Ride", a classic radio
mainstay, which he wrote and sang. After The Blues Image split, he
went to join Iron Butterfly, the first group ever to be awarded a
platinum album. Their legendary hit, " In A Gadda Da
Vida" stayed on top of the charts for fifty-six consecutive
weeks. Pinera later went on to discover and produce BLACK OAK
ARKANSAS, resulting in a gold album. He also contributed his
considerable talent to ALICE COOPER for two tours and two albums.
DENNIS
NODA is a funky rockin' bassist with a high
visibility factor. His early musical career found himself in
CANNIBAL & THE HEADHUNTERS who achieved international acclaim
with the hit " Land of a Thousand Dances". He later went
on to become an in-demand musician performing with Edwin Starr, Al
Wilson, Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night), Joey Molland (Badfinger), Bobby
Kimball (Toto), and numerous others. Dennis served as Music
Director for Micky Dolenz of the Monkees; Otis Day and the
Knights (National Lampoon's Animal House; "Shout "); and
for several tours of the 30 Years of Rock 'n' Roll Show, where he
became friends with Mike Pinera and Jerry Corbetta, and along with
Peter Rivera, joined the now famous "Rare Earth, Iron
Butterfly, Sugarloaf All Stars".
