rock & roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, and rock 'n' roll) is a Genre (music), genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It Origins of rock and roll, originated from African ...
band whose debut extended play CD release, ''The Lake of Memory'', was issued on the Big Island Sounds label in 2007 (although 7th Order had been in existence for several years by that time).
The band is led by vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter Daniel Jones and is notable for having been assisted by veteran British guitarist
Martin Pugh
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Armageddon
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and "The Rod Stewart Album"), drummer Tim Kelliher, (of
Randy Hansen
Randy Hansen (born December 8, 1954) is an American guitarist best known for his "Rock Tribute Act" honoring Jimi Hendrix.Geoff Thorpe (of
Vicious Rumors
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). Reviewers have recognized their particular sound as reminiscent of blues-rock bands like
The Rolling Stones
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and
The Yardbirds
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, with progressive undertones ala
Led Zeppelin
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.
As of October 16, 2015 – 7th Order was the number one Rock & Roll artist for the
State of Hawaii
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Hawaii
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, on the
Honolulu
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rock & roll club scene. Jones (who was born in
Page, Arizona
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History
Page was founded in 1957 as a housing community for workers and their f ...
and spent the early part of his childhood in
Fresno, California
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) and Thorpe (who was born and spent the early part of his childhood in
Los Angeles, California
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)http://7thorder.tripod.com/7th_Order_history.html 7th Order interview on KAHU 91.7 FM Radio had met in a Honolulu elementary school in the 1960s, where they developed an interest in the rock & roll music of the era. After spending some time in the late 70's on the local club circuit, they separately undertook music careers that eventually took them to various parts of
North America
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(and in Thorpe's case, resulted in significant worldwide success with his band, Vicious Rumors).
7th Order later evolved from studio sessions Jones had organized in
California
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/
Washington
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beginning in the 1990s.https://myspace.com/7th_order/music/album/7th-order-radio-interviews-more-20764491 7th Order – Radio Interviews and Broadcasts In various radio interviews, Jones has identified the band's musical influences to be the
blues
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/
rock and roll
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innovators of the 1950s and 1960s. In one particular interview on the
Netherlands
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' Radio Heemskerk, in August 2003, Jones discussed spending several years playing in various bands around the US, prior to 7th Order's formation, and having crossed paths with established members of the rock and roll scene like
Jesse Ed Davis
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,
Randy California
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California was b ...
,
Mick Taylor
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,
B.B. King
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Stevie Ray Vaughan
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,
Roger McGuinn
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,
Eric Clapton
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and others. With Jones acting as band leader, songwriter, and producer – Thorpe and Pugh flew in from California to help out with the very first 7th Order demo recording sessions in Seattle, WA. in December 2001 (and were possibly considered band members during the early stages of the band's development).
''The Lake of Memory'', ''Road to Yerevan'' and ''Voyager''
While 7th Order had received worldwide recognition via radio and TV exposure since their August 2003 radio debut (on "The Mickster's Dangerous Rock & Roll Show" on WNTI-FM in Hackettstown, NJ), their progress may have been impacted by several non-band related matters. Jones once commented in a radio interview: "My 23 year old son passed away in November of 2004...and that is something you don't just bounce back from in a few weeks. I then returned to Hawaii, and the band was just going to have to wait until I could deal with a few things". Consequently, 7th Order appears to have then decided to delay release of their debut CD, ''The Lake of Memory'' (the title song reportedly having been inspired by the writings of Austrian philosopher
Rudolf Steiner
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), but they also had to withstand yet another tragic setback when their management consultant and longtime friend, Steven B. Williams, was murdered on a boat off of
Santa Catalina Island, California
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in May 2006 (Williams had previously been a successful rock radio DJ on stations such as
Denver
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KBPI
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KBPI's studios are located in Denver in the Tech Center. In December ...
and
Honolulu
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's
KIKI (AM)
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) – the CD release eventually took place in October 2007. The one constant, as far as personnel was concerned, was Jones (who wrote and sang all of the band's material) – with guests Pugh and Thorpe on guitars & bass, Tim Kelliher on drums, and various session players.
Upon having changed their home base to the Hawaiian Islands, the band has shown some interest in supporting benefits and community causes. A broadcast in May 2009 originating from
KKCR
KKCR (90.9 FM) is a community radio station broadcasting a variety format including Hawaiian, jazz, blues, R&B, rock, reggae, classical and world artists as well as locally produced talk programs. Licensed to the Kekahu Foundation in Hanalei, ...
radio on the Hawaiian island of
Kauai
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It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauai lies 73 m ...
featured several station ID promos (done by band founder Jones, who was introduced as "...of 7th Order"), recorded for one of the station's yearly "fund drives". Members also autographed and donated copies of ''The Lake of Memory'' CD for attendees of a benefit motorcycle run for Aseltine School, a school that "helps meet the educational needs of emotionally disturbed and learning disabled students from throughout
San Diego County
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" in
San Diego, California
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– held on July 22, 2011. Additionally, after the death of guitarist
Ronnie Montrose
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in 2012, the 7th Order home page encouraged fans to support the "Concert For Ronnie Montrose" – a memorial concert event (featuring a re-formed Montrose) held at The Grand Ballroom at the
Regency Center
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,
San Francisco
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, CA, USA on April 27, 2012. The band has also recently posted on Facebook that they are releasing their own tribute to guitarist Montrose, a cover of a song titled "Voyager" (written by Montrose and vocalist
Davey Pattison
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) – to benefit
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund
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.
The title track from the second 7th Order "extended play" CD single release, 2011's ''Road to
Yerevan
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'' (a band original written by Jones/Pugh), was played and discussed extensively on radio shows on
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in
Perth
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Ontario, Canada
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, FM 93.8 in
Johannesburg, South Africa
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ASCAP
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database may show evidence of what the future may hold for the band, as it lists several Jones compositions that are not on any 7th Order CDs. It therefore seems possible that these previously unknown songs may be destined for a future 7th Order release (as mentioned on DJ Stan Hilborn's show on CKWR Radio in March 2012).
In May 2015, the 7th Order web site announced a new compilation/career retrospective "mixed media" CD (audio and video) release titled ''The Initiate's Journey, 2003–13'', which has been available worldwide since June 2015. The new CD subsequently received regular airplay on numerous radio stations around the world, including Radio Italia (
Milan
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,
Italy
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Cupertino, California
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Bodega Bay
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, California, WPIR at
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in
Brooklyn
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, NY,
WVPH
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90.3 in
Piscataway, New Jersey
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, Channel Radio (
Kent, England
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) and Radio Marabu (
Berlin, Germany
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).https://www.facebook.com/7thOrderband/ 7th Order – Official Facebook Page
On December 17, 2016, the "Adventures in Plasticland" radio show on 98.5 CKWR-FM in Ontario, Canada featured a 7th Order 15th anniversary special, that included an interview as well as an airing of the band's first ever demo recording session in Seattle, December 2001. The press release on 7th Order's
Facebook
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page stated that this would be a one time only opportunity for followers of the band to hear these sessions.
During the last week of September 2017, 7th Order's Facebook,
Instagram
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and
Twitter
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pages began announcing that the band would be acknowledging the 10th anniversary of the release of their "The Lake of Memory" CD (which was released on October 1, 2007) by temporarily posting a downloadable, free version of the entire CD (with a bonus track, a studio outtake of the 7th Order song "Lazarus") – available from their Facebook page.
On a radio broadcast on
Nyack College
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Nyack, New York
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in December 2017, the announcer stated that new music from 7th Order was being worked on for a 2019 release. New music from the band was also discussed in an interview with band leader Jones in an interview on England's Channel 1 Radio on February 3, 2018.
''The Volcano Chronicles'' radio show
On October 8, 2019, the band posted an announcement about new personnel on their Facebook page, and referenced delays in getting new music out due in part to the
2018 lower Puna eruption
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near their homes on the Big Island of Hawaii – as well as issues with their
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, ASCAP. Other Social Media posts in 2019 and 2020 on the band's pages indicate that band leader Jones has been hosting a weekly Rock and Roll radio show called "The Volcano Chronicles" (which has on occasion featured special guests like
Charlie Musselwhite
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,
Jon Anderson
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Gene Parsons
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,
Linda Gail Lewis
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,
Deborah Bonham
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,
Richie Furay
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,
Rick Wakeman
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Canned Heat
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,
Dave Mason
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Jim McCarty
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of
The Yardbirds
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and other well known artists) on KNKR 96.1 FM on the Big Island of Hawaii. – in addition to his having done some production work with well known British bassist
Louis Cennamo
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Cennamo left school at ...
Renaissance
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Colosseum
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Armageddon
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,
Illusion
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Illusions may ...