MILLSTONE June 2018

Meet Your Neighbor: Lou Orrichio By Pam Teel

Lou Orrichio was born in Brooklyn, NY. Married to his wife Maria for forty-one years, the Orrichio’s moved to Millstone Township in 2000. Lou has one son and two grandchildren. To say he has a gift for music is an understatement. Lou started playing the guitar when he was eight years old. During his early teen years, he became the lead guitarist for several Brooklyn neighborhood Rock Bands. He performed at clubs, block parties, and local concerts. A few years later, he became interested in the sounds of the 50’s and 60’s and was asked to join an “Oldies group” as a guitarist and back-up vocalist. During this time, his group, “The O.B.G.’s,” were regulars at many popular oldies clubs in Brooklyn and Staten Island. It was in this band where Lou realized that he was just as much a vocalist as he was a guitarist. One night, a few hours prior to a performance at The Red Bull Lounge on Staten Island, the lead vocalist of the group got sick and couldn’t make the show. Knowing the words to most of the songs, Lou stepped up and became the lead vocalist for the evening. To his surprise the reviews were great. After building up his confidence in his vocal abilities, Lou started performing as a front man and lead vocalist with wedding bands such as, “The Bob Chevy Orchestra,” “The Frankie Kane Orchestra,” “The Beau Geste Orchestra,” and his own wedding band, “Hollywood Nytes.” Lou performed at thousands of weddings during the 1980’s and early 1990’s in the tri state area. Always having a love for vocal harmony, Lou changed direction and started singing with Acapella groups. One of the most advanced groups was “Afterglow”, a four part, progressive jazz group that had a Manhat- tan Transfer sound. Afterglow was proud to have been guests on the “Don K Reed Doo Wop Shop” on three separate occasions. They also took first place at several acapella competitions in New York City.

Lou, who is now retired from his Allstate Insurance Agency, continues to perform in the tri-state area vocally as a soloist, as part of a male / female duet team called Ryan & Lou (and the famous people they do), and as a member of the three part vocal group called MEMORIES. He recently performed at Citi field, home of the New York Mets, The Walter Reed Medical Center, where he performed for wounded veterans, and The Count BasieTheatre, as part of the cast for The Sinatra Birthday Bash. Lou likes singing the songs of the crooners like Sinatra, Dean Martin, Elvis, Engelbert, Bobby Vinton, Etc. Most future performanc- es are at private adult communities and assisted living facilities. In an effort to give back to the community, Lou and his vocal harmony group perform once a month at various assisted living facilities...for free. He and the members of his group love seeing the smiles on the faces of the senior residents as they bring back memories by singing the greatest songs of the forties, fifties, and sixties. Lou also enjoys song writing, playing and teaching the guitar and over the years he has taught himself how to play the piano, drums, and bass guitar. You can reach Lou at: 732-221-1790.

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June 2018