Orleans
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
Their album Waking and Dreaming contained the hit Still the One, which ABC-TV used as a theme song for that year. In 1977, Hall, who wrote many of the groups hits with his wife Johanna, left the group to pursue a solo career. He recorded two solo albums after signing with Elektra Records, and became something of a spokesman for the anti-nuclear power movement, helping to organize a group called MUSE (Musicians United for Safe Energy). Hall eventually worked with Jackson Browne, Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt to organize the No Nukes concerts at Madison Square Garden in 1979.
Without Hall, Orleans went through several other personnel changes before it had a number 11 hit with Love Takes Time, from the album Forever. Though MCAs Infinity label went bankrupt in 1980, the group persevered, performing together in clubs and releasing the album One of a Kind in 1982. In 1984 Kelly died in London of a heroin overdose, and by the early 90s, Hall ditched his solo career and returned to performing with Orleans. After the group released 1994s Orleans Live, Vol. 1, and 1995s Analog Men on its own Major Record Label, Hall and the Hoppen brothers continued to tour as an acoustic trio.
