Dennis is not completely happy about us being out on this tour without him. ", Though he would say at the time that this stage interlude "was just a way for me to try something different," his motives ran deeper: "I had always wanted to write a musical and figured this would be an excellent opportunity to view one from the ground floor up.". They brought up a successful and content family. They heard a variety of diagnoses. In 2009, DeYoung earned the Great Performer of Illinois Award by his native city Chicago. I know the songs that I wrote, the concept albums I initiated and the theatricality of our stage shows were all simply things I made up as I went along. By wearing sunglasses and staying out of excessive light, DeYoung began to regain his energy toward the end of '98, which is when he and Styx started working on their album "Brave New World.". He says this with a typical, kidding-on-the-square delivery. While he was, as he puts it, "sitting around feeling really sorry for myself," a call came from Tim Orchard, who was then running the Rosemont Theatre. DeYoung himself could possibly be persuaded to make a comeback, though. They kiss, and as they do, their eyes close. On May 8, 2008, DeYoung's musical version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame premiered at the Bailiwick Repertory Theatre in Chicago. Unless the next guy is that dumb ass sitting behind you at the movies talking loudly to the screen, or Charles Manson. DeYoung is a devout Roman Catholic and is of Italian ancestry. It is scheduled to continue into next year, but DeYoung's done as of early September. The pair performed the Styx breakthrough hit "Lady", written by DeYoung in 1973, with DeYoung serenading his wife Suzanne in the audience while Hal did the same for his long-time girlfriend. On the curb and all alone without the mighty Styx name behind me I did what I had to do, which was playing Lady of Spain on the piano in front of a bewildered bunch. It is French Provincial in style, with many Asian design touches. In 1990 no one knew who Barack Obama was so who was left, Mayor Daley, Jessie Jackson? STILL SEARCHING FOR SOME REASON "She has always been there for me, making the road smoother, allowing me creative space," Dennis says. "That was probably the very peak for Styx," says DeYoung now. After a year-and-a-half of touring under the name "Styx," without any compensation to DeYoung for usage of the name, DeYoung sued his former bandmates, seeking the rights to use the group's name in support of his solo career. The seven DeYoung penned-and-performed top 10 Billboard hits, in order of their peak chart placement are: A self-taught pianist, DeYoung quickly became one of the most notable keyboard players in rock. It was our decision to tour because there was a confluence of events that created a unique opportunity for us to gain a whole new audience. That suit was settled late last year with all parties agreeing not to discuss the terms of the settlement and all signing a "nondisparagement clause.". In a 2018 appearance on The Big Interview (Via ABC News Radio ), Styx members James Young, Tommy Shaw and Lawrence Gowan noted that their problems with Dennis DeYoung stemmed from the singer's refusal to tour at a time when the band wasn't selling albums, and had to rely on live show revenue. How ya doin'? On a happier note I'm in LA to play at Adam Sandler's private Holiday bash. 26 East, Vol. At the time, the group's most recent album, "Cornerstone," had been perched in the No. Dennis DeYoung is a founding member of the rock group Styx and now tours with his own band. Dennis DeYoung Net Worth 2023: Age, Height, Weight, Wife, Kids, Bio-Wiki, Singer, musician, songwriter, and producer. In August 2006, DeYoung appeared along with Supertramp's Roger Hodgson on Canadian Idol, where he performed with and mentored the contestants.[8]. The why, as is the case with too much of human behavior is tough to make sense of. Those performances sparked interest in bringing the show to Broadway until Disney announced that it would be producing an animated version of the same story. Great time. In between his stints with Styx, he has played with other groups including Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades as well as releasing several solo albums. ", He also began to produce songs for such artists as Liza Minnelli. Others were vague (post-viral problem). He is singing "Babe," a song he wrote in 1979 for his wife, Suzanne. Can you believe that?". He started his band from a very early age with two of his friends from the neighborhood. "She has put so much aside for me and my career. At this time JY and I were best friends traveling together by car to many drivable Midwestern cities and sharing motel rooms to save money. Since TW4 no longer applied, they changed the name of their band to Styx, the mythical river encircling Hades. "Show Me the Way", a track written by DeYoung for his son Matthew, received extensive radio play, peaking at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart (Styx's 8th top 10 single, and 7th written and sung by DeYoung) particularly after a number of radio stations mixed it with voice tracks of members of Congress debating whether or not to send troops to the first Persian Gulf War. During this period, the band played a number of small venues and school auditoriums in an effort to secure a record deal. There are posters from recent movies, such as "Big Daddy," and current TV shows, such as "South Park," that feature his music and introduced the sounds of Styx to a new generation. Or the number of times I google myself. Dennis DeYoung Sues Styx By ABC News October 12, 2000 -- Styx co-founder Dennis DeYoung was in Chicago Federal Court on Tuesday, attempting to block the remaining band members from touring under the Styx moniker without him. Whenever Suzanne talks of those years, her stories are about scrimping and saving: planting and canning her own vegetables; fixing spaghetti dinners for the band members after they rehearsed in the garage; the tiny apartment she and Dennis had in Roseland and the slightly larger house they moved to in Park Forest; having only $25 dollars in their bank account. Expecting to sample the wild and debauched lifestyle that characterized many bands of the time-groupies galore, drugs aplenty and hotel rooms turned to war zones-I instead found a rather tame trip that included a visit to a Go Kart track and a lot of water and juice. I couldn't see myself doing that. Thanks to August, Jimmy, John, Craig, Dave and Suzanne for bringing this music to all of you and allowing me the chance to view first hand the lasting impact the Styx catalog has had on so many. She is 54. My dad and I had spent countless un air conditioned hot summer days listening to the games on the transistor radio. "Maybe for the best. Dennis was born July 11, 1956, to Stanley Calvin and Betty Jean (Osborn) DeYoung in Plainville, Kansas. Later that year, he released the "10 on Broadway" CD, which featured a "JCS" song, "Pilate's Dream," as well as such standards as "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "On the Street Where You Live. His performance not only summed up three decades of inspired pop songwriting, but also pointed to intriguing musical journeys yet to come.". Karen and Cory Cunningham are just fans. Love from your boyfriend and husband. DeYoung's solo career continued with Back to the World (1986),[1] which contained the singles "Call Me" and "This Is the Time", which was featured in the soundtrack of Karate Kid II (1986) movie. Following his concert, he did a brief live interview with CHCH-TV's Mat Hayes. Influenced by the recent release of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's first album, DeYoung a novice synthesizer player at the time used a modular Moog to record the keyboard tracks for Styx's debut album in 1972. "This is something you can do," said Suzanne. He's a great songwriter and performer," says one record industry executive now, requesting anonymity. . DeYoung wrote and sang lead on seven of the band's eight top 10 Billboard Hot 100-ranked hits during this period, with Tommy Shaw's "Too Much Time on My Hands" (No. ", "As Leavitt acknowledged at the time," Jones continues, "he decided to back away from Dennis' project to maintain his relationship with one of the theater industry's more powerful forces.". Anyone can accomplish things under the best circumstances it's the vast majority of life we must somehow manage to get through. Well, if youre ready, lets start. Things began to change in 1974, when a 2-year-old song called "Lady" from the band's second album, "Styx II," was placed by station manager Jim Smith in the oldies rotation at WLS. John was a Cubs fan and the other guys including John were more Blackhawk and Bears fans then baseball enthusiasts. 2 will be his last. "As a musician my aim was to communicate what I've written to an audience. It was the first No. He is 25. I had never seen this before but coincidentally I was just asked about this very day last week by author Dave Hoekstra who interviewed me about a book he was writing. (They've also been heard on "ER," "The Simpsons" and a dozens of other TV shows and movies.) So it was great that my parents and my family were in attendance to witness it all. For instance, in San Diego I was riding in a limousine with members of the horn section that traveled with Styx and one of the players lit a marijuana cigarette. DeYoung and his bandmates celebrated the success of 1996's "Return to Paradise" tour, and 1997's "Grand Illusion" tour. Compared to the Osbournes, the DeYoungs are "Ozzie and Harriet." Dennis Deana Lofrano Olson DDYBoone Hey everybody, Here is an interview I did this morning with Donald Boone Gould the homeless guy who played Come Sail Away on the streets of Sarasota that went viral. Daughter CarrieAnn lives in a downtown condo, but Dennis, Suzanne and son Matt live in a 12-room, 4-bedroom house in a gated community in the southwestern suburb of Burr Ridge. They bought the. The band eventually went with the "without DeYoung"option, and DeYoung proceeded to sue them for the band's name. Growing up in the Roseland area of Chicago, DeYoung started his career as a vocalist in 1962 at the age of 15 when he teamed up with his 13-year-old neighbors Chuck and John Panozzo in a three-piece combo. Cheers, At the time, all were involved with less glamorous pursuits: DeYoung taught music appreciation in a public elementary school; John Panozzo was a seminary student; Chuck was an art teacher; Curulewski was a carpenter; J.Y. They all showed their talents in the right way and achieved massive success. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Dennis DeYoung to show support. This just showed up on YouTube. It seems like "artistic differences" might be a pretty sure bet in this particular scenario, or maybe some remaining animosity from the band's first break-up way back in 1984. More on this later. Deyoung has written a track Show Me The Way for his son Matthew, which got numerous radio play and stood at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. She has always been so selfless. "This is where I go to remember who I used to be.". Our Properties. He and Suzanne plus Orchard, who now runs his own entertainment company called Liverpool LLC, think of themselves as "collaborators on the career of Dennis DeYoung.". And you wonder where they went. Kind of like the Lite beer commercial when Troy Aikman claims to not dwell in the past and then his ring tone goes off screaming "Aikman touchdown unbelievable". Dennis DeYoung, born February 18, 1947, is a solo pop musician but is better known as one of the lead vocalists of the band Styx. A strange medical condition has made him hypersensitive to sunlight, to almost any sort of light. And though both album and tour were hits--spawning Top 10 singles "Don't Let It End" and "Mr. Roboto"--the complaints were no longer quiet, as Shaw and J.Y. Three of the band's previous albums were among the top 100, and were climbing higher each week. "We'll cut some tracks, make a demo and maybe they can get a record deal.". And perhaps the most important step in this journey comes in the spring, when DeYoung kicks off the revival of WTTW-Ch. I made that last part up. Some will tell you that DeYoung's motive for creating these increasingly elaborate and message-laden shows was to gain critical acceptance. "And the reasons are simple: It takes the least talent, makes the most money and has the most enthusiastic fans.". Healthy once again, DeYoung returned to touring with a 50-piece orchestra augmented by a five-piece rock band, which included Tommy Dziallo on guitar, Hank Horton on bass, and Kyle Woodring (formerly with John Mellencamp and Deana Carter) on drums, all of whom also played shows with DeYoung with or without the orchestra. ", "It really became," said Shaw in describing the internal dynamics of Styx, "'Dennis doing things his way over here, and we're trying to figure out our piece in it. But DeYoung did not feel well enough to commit to a tour. I don't think anybody ever thought of this as a breakup in any permanent sense. It was all limos and private planes, rabid and adoring crowds. I might do that.". "But given the problems of the last few years, that sometimes is a serious temptation.". ", "I like Dennis. Emotions are too high to talk about what current affairs are. There is no novelty, of course, in seeing middle-aged rockers on the tube or on the road. "The worst thing? By December 1989, Styx had unofficially reformed. It was much to big a venue for someone like me, capacity 4300 but Tim convinced me to play it with a 50 piece orchestra. I've seen Dennis once before but this time he was spot on. His height is 1.77 m tall, and his weight is 78 kg. Dennis DeYoung is a popular musician, singer, songwriter, and producer, who was the founding member for the rock band Styx. He is best known in front of the world as a lead vocalist. James Young and Tommy Shaw of Styx suggested booking a tour in support of the Brave New World album. I have a much better grasp of what it takes to be in the theater, to put together a show," DeYoung said. Adam was there and will be joining in on background vocals. Google has begun to send me messages My deepest sympathies to all those whose lives have tragically been touched by this madness. We have been through it all together, and sometimes it's just a great relief to let his music take me back to a time when we were both so young.". DeYoung was asked to perform by Tony-winning producer Forbes Candlish. Side note, I've heard that in 2017 these 3 are considering forming a singing group to perform Bee Gee's covers in Vegas. The band members changed a few times as did the music label. Thanks to my good friends in Florida for the big heads. As he made efforts to artistically reinvent himself over the last two decades, he was always able to return to the creative and commercial comfort of his rock 'n' roll family. He pauses before saying, "And try not to screw it up.". "He enjoys doing that, and as a daddy, he's not too bad.". With release of final album, Dennis DeYoung proves you can go home again . Some of it is more than 20 years old," says Suzanne. In 1961, when DeYoung was just 14, he started his career teaming up with two of his neighbor friends Chuck and John Panozzo. Yet, two of their best-known songs include the famed synth-pop tune "Mr. Roboto," and the chart-topping soft rock ballad, "Babe." . `Jesus Christ Superstar.' when these things happen it's difficult not to want to know what happened and why. He told her he played the accordion. "Only my reputation," said Dennis. They've done the kind of hard-rocking fare you'd expect from a band called Styx, and prog-rock that, to be honest, you'd also expect from a band called Styx. "She, and a lot of others, wanted me to move to L.A. then to become a part of that scene," he says. DeYoung was brought up from Chicago and began his musical career with a band Tradewinds in 1963. the group later get renamed itself as TW$ in 1968 and then later eventually Styx. Though he makes a very nice living from the royalties from the many songs he's written, he wants to continue to perform, balancing corporate and private shows with concerts. The guys in the crowd hoot and holler. I did not post this because it shows me in the most glamorous light, quite the contrary but because I believe it demonstrates essentially who I am as a person and performer. He doesn't remark on it, but Styx is still on the road, with the same gang that has been out there since 1999. DeYoung has previously announced this will be his last album but has added an update. Gender: Male Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Singer/Songwrite. They were nominated for a Grammy, and they won a People's Choice award for "Babe." "We knew, of course, that John drank, but since we didn't really see each other much when we weren't touring or recording, I certainly didn't know how bad things were. What if they'd brought one of their tigers?" You must behave as if there isn't an audience. Born on 18th February, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., he is famous for Styx. I mention this because this video popped up in that ever helpful or intrusive function on you tube that appears under "recommended for you". Between stints with Styx, DeYoung was asked to appear in the 20th Anniversary revival tour of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar in 1993, including Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson and Irene Cara,[4] appearing in 268 performances as Pontius Pilate. For most of the show, Suzanne stays in the wings, taking pictures. To get an indication of that, you follow Dennis and Suzanne downstairs, into the recording studio they built after moving into the house three years ago. With the positive response and a new record label (CMC International), Styx returned to the studio in 1998 and began work on their first studio album in eight years. Bassist Chuck Panozzo, no longer actively touring with Styx due to health problems associated with his HIV-positive status, offered a more hopeful tone to a writer doing a story on the band for tampabay.com; while reflecting on the effect the loss of his fraternal twin brother, John, had on the band, Panozzo noted, "Before any more of us die, I would hope that it could happen. In an appearance onRock Talk With Mitch Lafon(via Ultimate Classic Rock), he said: "I believed [] and still believe, the magic was when we were together. It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Dennis DeYoung (Victoria, Kansas), who passed away on April 24, 2023, at the age of 66, leaving to mourn family and friends. She was his Miss America and the lyrics reflect that using the metaphor of a beauty queen (which she was to him) who had lost her crown. Doctors have yet to pinpoint the precise nature of DeYoung's ailment, but he was able to figure out that exposure to too much light affects his facial nerves and gives him the symptoms of a low-grade fever. That was given at the opening of The 101 dalmatians Musical its World Premiere, in Minneapolis. As a keyboardist in Styx, DeYoung was best remembered for his prominent lead synthesizer solos performed on the Oberheim 4 voice synthesizer that dominated the mix with a unique tone, a key element of the Styx sound. Now that's very important, because my parents wouldn't let me date until I was 16. Former lead singer, Styx. After DeYoung finished his third solo album, "Boomchild," Styx reunited in 1990 for the album "Edge of the Century." So emboldened were they to finally have a record that they made a mutual decision to devote all their time to Styx. Matt runs a lighting company, Above the Stage, and is rehearsing with his own rock band, Mama Green. But DeYoung is doing things a bit differently. "Even though producers desperate for younger audiences have been coaxing such rock composers as Randy Newman, Jimmy Buffett and Billy Joel to write for Broadway, Disney executives put the word out that they did not appreciate competition," says Tribune theater critic Chris Jones, who has heard the music from DeYoung's musical and calls it a "stirring and catchy pop-Broadway score. Shaw returned to the fold, and Todd Sucherman was tapped to replace John Panozzo, who had died of alcohol-related illnesses in 1996. [13], On October 21, 2014, a 2CD + DVD and Blu-ray package, Dennis DeYoung And the Music of Styx Live in Los Angeles, was released in the U.S. via Frontiers Records. In 1990, Styx (minus Tommy Shaw, who was replaced by guitarist/singer-songwriter Glen Burtnik) returned to the studio for the album Edge of the Century (1990). Member Of. The kids didn't make it to Vegas. Many years ago, when he was younger and had hair cascading to his shoulders and a mustache that appeared more than vaguely sinister, Dennis DeYoung sat in a San Diego hotel suite and said, "There are tougher ways to live.".
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