Jenny Lind

Would you blindly take the leap without knowing when and how you might land? A question the Rocky VanDoa band members found themselves contemplating, while writing their hit song, ‘Lover’s Leap’. Although the duo, already best friends, had spent the last few years performing together, neither one of them knew what an incredible journey they were about to embark upon, saving each other and themselves along the way. Lover’s Leap started out as some lines and phrases; lyrics scribbled down in a tattered notebook as Chris jotted down the emotions currently weighing on his heart. This had always been an effective

“Get off the Road, Toad” For Mike Cloninger    Featured Song: 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon   It was the summer of 1973, and I was 8 years old. My family was once again traveling from our home near Asheville, NC, to Cocoa Beach, FL for another episode of the annual Coninger family vacation. There we would spend 7 lovely days collecting seashells & sunburns, while visiting my mom’s older sister and splashing around in the Atlantic Ocean. Of course, this was several years before interstate 26 was built, which would eventually shorten these grueling 18-hour road trips to a mere 9