DDY Talk is pleased to announce an exclusive interview event: An interview with Chuck Lofrano.
Chuck has been Dennis DeYoung's friend for over forty years, and is married to Suzanne's sister. He is also John and Chuck Panozzo's first cousin. Chuck helped write some early Styx songs: The Serpent Is Rising, Winner Take All, and Unfinished Song. He also was involved in the Welcome Home Parade in Chicago in 1986 for Vietnam Veterans.
Read the interview at www.ddytalk.com/interview/chucklofrano.html .
New CD Available Now The new Dennis DeYoung CD One Hundred Years From Now is available now in Canada only. You can purchase it from your local music store, or from Amazon.ca. Americans can purchase the CD as an import from DennisDeYoung.com or Amazon.comHunchback Scheduled to be PerformedDennis DeYoung's The Hunchback Of Notre Dame will be performed from May 2008 thru July 2008 at the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in Chicago, IL. Visit our Hunchback Of Notre Dame page for additional information and links to purchase tickets.
Kyle Woodring CD ReleasedKyle Woodring, drummer in Dennis DeYoung's band, has released a CD of ambient instrumental music titled A Child's Gift. It is available for purchase from CD Baby.com , iTunes , and Kyle's website .
Just Plain Folks ( www.jpfolks.com ) is a community of over 40,000 songwriters, recording artists, and many others in the music industry. They received more than 25,500 albums and 350,000 songs from 105 countries. Winners for the 2006 awards were announced on Friday, November 4th. Dennis won in the following categories:
Best Contemporary Song Who Will Love This Child
Best Theater Album The Hunchback Of Notre Dame--A Musical
Congratulations to Dennis for winning these awards
DDY Talk Wins AwardThe winners of the W 3 Awards were announced October 16th by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. Receiving over 2,300 entries, The W 3 Awards honors outstanding websites, web marketing, and web advertising. The W 3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind winning web sites and marketing programs.
It is with great pleasure that I inform you that DDY Talk has been selected as a Silver Winner in the Celebrity/Fan category for the 2006 W 3 Awards.
As the owner/designer/head guru at DDY Talk I am extremely proud and honored for winning this award. Looking at the names of the other winners in Best of Show, Gold, and Silver, there are many ad agencies, professional design companies, etc. that won awards. To have a web site that is worthy to be mentioned along with these other sites is an honor.
For more information on the W 3 Awards, please visit www.w3award.com . You can also visit and see DDY Talk in the list of winning entries .
While I cannot be sure of any immediate results, I would hope that this exposure will help give a positive image for the man that DDY Talk honors: Dennis DeYoung. Being a service for his fans and to help market his name is what DDY Talk is all about, and will continue to be in the future.
Thank you for your part in making DDY Talk the success that it is. Here's to The Best Of Times.