GENERATION RADIO WILL BE MAKING THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE TOGETHER AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY ON OCTOBER 4, 2023…
The GRAND OLE OPRY will be welcoming GENERATION RADIO to this historic venue on October 4, 2023 at 7:00pm. Although it wont be, individually, their first trip to the Grand Ole Opry, it will be as Generation Radio. Jason, Jay, Steve, Tom and Chris are honored to be recognized by the Opry and to be able to perform at this amazing venue.
It is certain to be a memorable night for GENERATION RADIO and in return, they want to make it an extremely special night, as with all of their shows, for all of those in attendance. We look forward to seeing everyone at the Grand Ole Opry and making this night one to remember. Tickets will go fast so get them early! We hope to see you there!
Steve Ferrone was a natural fit when Generation Radio was looking for a new drummer to takeover for Deen Castronovo who departed to resume his career with Journey. Best known as the drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Steve was the drummer for The Average White Band and toured with Eric Clapton.
Ferrone has also appeared on recordings by Eric Clapton, Bee Gees, Scritti Politti, Brian May, Anita Baker, George Benson, Jonathan Butler, Cyndi Lauper, Bryan Ferry, Climie Fisher, Christine McVie, Peter Frampton, Jeff Golub, Rick James, Whitney Houston, and Chaka Khan just to name a few. Steve was inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in 2002. Needless to say, Generation Radio is thankful to have such a talented musician as part of the band.
GET YOUR LIMITED EDITION GENERATION RADIO JULY 4 MERCH…
GENERATION RADIO is excited to offer you LIMITED EDITION Fourth of July Merch. Be sure to keep checking back as we will be putting out additional items on RANDON DATES with LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE. Be sure to follow us on SOCIAL MEDIA for updates as well! GENERATION RADIO will be performing on July 4, 2023 in Harrisburg, North Carolina and hope to see you there!
We hope all the Moms out there had a great MOTHER’S DAY! When you think about it, everyday should be MOTHER’S DAY for all they do and all they have done! So from all of us in the GEBERATION RADIO family, HAPPY MOTHER DAY each and everyday!
GENERATION RADIO is coming to Harrisburg, North Carolina for a FOUTH OF JULY CELEBRATION! Come and spend your Fourth of July with us at Harrisburg Park for some live music and celebrations. We will take you back in time and then bring you forward with CLASSIC HITS from CHICAGO, RASCAL FLATTS, TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS, JOURNEY and more! You will also hear GENERATION RADIO originals from our self titled CD. We are looking forward to making this Independence Day a memorable one! See you July 4th!
Come and see the one and only Jason Scheff and Generation Radio live at FOXWOODS CASINO AND RESORT Friday April 28. It will be a night of music that will take you back in time. Jason (CHICAGO) is joined on stage with Jay DeMarcus (RASCAL FLATTS), Steve Ferrone (TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS), Tom Yankton and Chris Rodriguez. These five amazing musicians are GENERATION RADIO! We look forward to seeing you at FOXWOODS CASINO AND RESORT.
Join Generation Radio and friends including Foreigner: The Hits at Sea, Randy Bachman founder of Bachman-Turner Overdrive and The Guess Who, Dave Mason, WAR, Don McLean, Generation Radio, Melissa Manchester, Ambrosia, Pablo Cruise, Firefall, Orleans, Queen Nation, Hotel California a salute to The Eagles, Creedence Revived, The LSB Experience, and many more in over 50 LIVE performances on The Feel Good Party At Sea!
MARCH 14, 2023 – MARCH 21, 2023
COME PREPARED WITH YOUR OFFICIAL GENERATION RADIO GEAR!
Jay, Jason, Steve, Tom, Chris and our families would like to wish everyone a HAPPY EASTER! We look forward to seeing and meeting more of you this year while we are out on the road doing what we love. Thank you for being a part of our GEBERATION RADIO family!
GENERATION RADIO would like to thank everyone that turned out for this GREAT EVENT for a GREAT CAUSE! We would also like to thank those that could not make it to the event but still made GENEROUS DONATIONS to help FAMILIES AND CHILDREN. We all helped “CHAGE THE TUNE” for many and look forward to future events!
GENERATION RADIO is coming to the WASHINGTON TOWN & COUNTRY FAIR on August 5, 2023. So come on out for a NIGHT OF MEMORIES as we take you back to another place in time with hits from RASCAL FLATTS, CHICAGO, TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS, JOURNEY and more! Mark your calendar for August 5 for a day full of fun and a night full of MUSIC and MEMORIES!
We’re not fooling! It’s going to be an amazing event!! Come and join us for a fun evening of live music on April 1, 2023 at Marathon Music Works. Pay tribute to your favorite music festival by getting in the spirit! Festival Attire Encouraged!! Choose a favorite music festival and coordinate with friends… or be a renegade with your own style. The fun starts with a 6:00pm Reception, a 7:30pm Dinner, 8:00pm Program and at 9:00pm, Music & Dancing with GENERATION RADIO!!
Join us to have fun, do good, & ROCK OUT with Generation Radio!
Original Article From the Daily Planet by Jimmy Reno
From Jason Scheff…“In 2003, I got a letter from Jay [DeMarcus] at the Washington State Fair. I showed up at the gig and this lady who runs things asked me if I knew who Rascal Flatts was and I told her no. She said they were a country group and had been there the night before. They had sold the place out and had really started getting popular. So she explained they were big fans of ‘Chicago’ and they mentioned it on stage that we would be playing two nights after them and she said Jay wanted her to give this to me and she gave me a letter and it started out ‘dear Jason’ and it explained they were big ‘Chicago’ fans and we were the reason they played music and it said he had particularly watched my era of ‘Chicago.’ He said he would love to get with me to write some music and left me his number. So this relationship started and over the next several years we wrote a lot of songs and I wrote with a lot of the great Nashville writers as I started getting back to Nashville. That ended up becoming the catalyst to get ‘Chicago’ back in the studio for ‘Chicago 30’ which Jay [DeMarcus] produced,” he said.
The foundation for that friendship was laid and it produced not only a lot of new songs, but has now created the current band for both artists called “The Rise Above.” (Now Generation Radio)
“We had started coming out of this lockdown, in particular the United States. We had gotten to a place here where people were at each other’s throats and Facebook had turned into a cesspool of friends getting into arguments and it seemed like everyone was continually being dragged down and Jay came up with the idea saying we [as a nation] just need to rise above all this stuff and be a light rather than all this darkness so ‘The Rise Above’ is really all about that. About rising above this global division and I’m not blaming anybody or any side for this, nor taking any particular stance or position, but we have to find some common ground here so that’s what it’s about,” he explained.
DeMarcus and Scheff had known for a long time that eventually they wanted to be in a band together.
“Jay and I always said there would come a day when our time would open up and we would do something together. When Rascal Flatts decided to take a break, Jay said it’s time. Jay had always wanted to work with Deen Castronovo from Journey. So Jay, Deen and I became the focal point for this new band. We took the best songs from ‘Journey’, ‘Rascal Flatts’ and ‘Chicago’. Everybody we have played for has just lit up. Our set list is just mind blowing. You go down the list and just go from hit to hit. It’s all from different bands so you never get tired of the same sound,” he said.
