2-15-2014

"We are excited to announce the reunion of Orpheus members Bruce Arnold, Bernard Purdie, Elliot Sherman and Howie Hersh and other surprise guests. All Orpheus members have been invited. If you loved the first Orpheus album you are going to love this show. This the first time in decades that the group has played together before an audience and performing hits from all their albums. See the real thing up close and personal. Hear "Can't Find the Time," "Congress Alley," "I've Never Seen Love Like This," "Leslie's World," "The Dream," "I'll Stay With You" and many, many others at this special Valentine's weekend show.
 
Orpheus first hit the airwaves in 1969 with the hit, "Can't Find the Time." At the same time that Bay Area bands were creating the San Francisco Sound in the '60s, Orpheus, lead by Worcester's own Bruce Arnold, was defining what became known as the Boston, aka Bosstown, Sound. The difference between the psychedelic rock of the San Francisco bands contrasts sharply with the pioneering adult pop of "Orpheus," which had more in common with Michael Franks and Steely Dan than the Grateful Dead or Quicksilver Messenger Service.
In 1969, "Can't Find the Time" broke through and left it's indelible mark on rock history. And as a testament to the song's enduring quality, it was covered by Hootie and the Blowfish in 2000 and was used in the movie "Me, Myself & Irene." Hootie invited Arnold to sit in with them when they performed it at the Fillmore and in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco in 2000, and Arnold's honeyed baritone has held up beautifully.
Bruce Arnold, as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, is both a man of his time and a throwback; an old soul who was hard to peg, even back in the day. With a rich and articulate baritone, his voice smacked of beyond-his-years maturity and reached back to a time when singers ruled the airwaves of the late 1940s and early ‘50s. His performance style grew out of the coffeehouse world of folk music, where he and Jack McKennes who performed as "The Villagers," formed the core of Orpheus. Over the years, through four albums and many variations and perturbations, Orpheus has essentially been Bruce Arnold, collaborating with oft-time members, Bernard Purdie, Howie Hersh, John Arnold and Elliot Sherman. In their day, they played on stage with Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Who, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Jeff Beck, The Rascals and Janis Joplin.
In 1988 Arnold performed live at the Boston Music Awards with a further incarnation of Orpheus which included the late Boston ("More Than a Feeling") member, Brad Delp.
In February of 2010, Arnold released Orpheus Again, an album that features 10 new songs and a remake of “Can’t Find the Time.” Available at: www.cdbaby.com/cd/brucea