Growing up in the northern New Jersey suburbs of New York City, we were blessed with having 2 State Parks  (Harriman State Park/ Bear Mountain State Park) within 20-30 minutes of our  house. At any given time we would drive up to these parks to Hike, Camp, Picnic, Swim, Hang out, Drink, Make out, etc.  This song captures the spirit of High School years of driving up to the parks at any given time to celebrate the great outdoors and to create good times, enduring friendships and  everlasting memories. Based on a traditional Rock  I, IV, V  arrangement with a differentiated bridge. Check out brass , scat singing and  sitar!

Living For Today

This song was written in the 1980s when I was with the Strangers, however we never incorporated this into our repertoire. I finally completed the lyrics when I recorded this in early 2021 and incorporated a slide guitar and two solos -( piano) and then electric guitar ) separated by the  song  bridge.

Fault Line

Inspired  by  the show "Outlander" this is song  about everlasting love and  endurance

Evermore

My father always had Brazil '66, Jobin, Stan Getz  playing on the  stereo-  so  he  really  influenced my  love  for  that  kind of music  - so I decided to write a bossa nova song and dedicate it to him.. When I was writing this song in 2009, A very close friend had a daughter-  who was  around  9 or  10  years old- Every time I  would ask him  how  she  was  doing-  he  would  glow  and  say  "She's  So  Delicious"    I  always  liked  that-  so  I incorporated that  idea  into the song.

Finally- when  writing  the  words-  I  used the  perspective  that this  song could be a sequel to the classic  Antonio Carlos Jobin song - “The Girl From Ipanema”-  where  the guy  finally  gets  the girl  that  he  longs  for-  has  a torrid affair- only  to lose  her  as  she  has  to go back  home  to Spain.

(She's So) Delicious

Passionate Strangers

A beautiful, mysterious woman dances  in the moonlight and captivates my imagination. Need I say anything more?    An  R&B influenced song with guitar and piano trading solos

Dancing In The Moonlight

This  is a  song about  astral projection with an homage to Nile Rodgers distinctive guitar  style. An instrumental version of this song is used as the  theme music for Primed’s podcast “Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine” with Frank Domino, MD which recently logged over 1 Million listeners.

Slow Dreamer

This cut is based on the  MATRIX movie  trilogy..  When I was playing in the band J2 O   it was often the opening number of  our  showcase  sets. This version features a  saxaphone  solo .

Telling Lies

Inspired by 60s and 70s bands who incorporated long instrumental breaks into their  songs  like Traffic, The  Greatful Dead and The Allman Brothers.  Check out the  dueling  guitar and  flute solos.

Distant Traveler

RICH ONORATO is an accomplished life-long singer-songwriter known for his eclectic song-writing ability and high energy live performances.  Over the  years. Rich has  written over 100 songs ranging from Pop to Rock to Rhythm and Blues and Jazz.  He is  influenced by many artists and styles and is unabashed in citing these influences. In addition to playing in a live musical act for the past 40 years, Rich has contributed his music to many other projects including an Off-Broadway production of George Orwell's "1984"; Starline Film's  documentary "Anyone's Son" and Primed 's  podcast "Frankly Speaking About Family Medicine "with  Frank Domino, MD .  For more  information and music please visit  Rich's Website   www.richonorato.com/

Rich Onorato Singer/Songwriter

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