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Toes tapping, people dancing and swingers swaying in the Westin Seattle’s hotel lobby as I belt out one Sinatra hit after another, teasing those there for the League of American Orchestras 2014 Conference with what could be if Frank … A Musical Journey was performed with their musicians. Read More

I am jazzed for the upcoming League of American Orchestras 2014 conference in beautiful Seattle, Washington. Progressive, hip and cool, as was Frank Sinatra, The Emerald City will be alive with world-class music and I can’t wait to be a part of the action in one of America’s fastest growing urban centers. Read More

What’s in a name? Cities usually take great care when assigning street names and having a road named after you is considered a monumental sign of respect. Although I once heard of a group of streets named after Disney’s seven dwarfs and I’m not sure if I could bring myself to tell people I live on Dopey Lane. As the saying goes, there’s always an exception to the rule. For me, streets named after celebrities stand out. Read More

I came across a postcard of Frank Sinatra shaking the hand of Queen Elizabeth II of England and started to wonder who would be America’s royal family? Read More

Rick Michel’s Sinatra Forever Las Vegas show delivers the most bang for your buck of any available on the strip and this article is going to tell you why. Read More

The time has come to present my summation for the blog series on my brand new Las Vegas show, Frank … A Musical Journey. I hope you will be able to take away one thing from this series: writing about this sensational journey doesn’t do the show justice, so you’ll just have to see it for yourself! Read More

I’m enjoying these attempts of putting Frank … A Musical Journey into blog form, living each moment, reliving every emotion and trying to give the reader a glimpse into the experience that is this monumental Las Vegas show. The combination of song and narration deliver the greatest Sinatra experience on stage. Read More

Frank … A Musical Journey is a Las Vegas show unlike any other, anywhere – weaving iconic tunes from the American Songbook and rich narrative in a way that illustrates The Voice’s life, the ups and the downs, like a classic portrait, but rich in visual and auditory texture. It’s designed to be the definitive Sinatra show and I’m confident you’ll agree that it delivers. Read More

Birthdays are grammatical pauses in your story, your life – a full-stop reflection on what you’ve accomplished and where you are going. Each decade is an exclamation point. I’ve made it a point to make certain each of these earned milestones is deserving of that most emphatic of the punctuation marks because an exclamation point in a sentence that hasn’t earned one stands out like a sore thumb! See. So, as with every aspect of my life, at least with my adult years, I’ve wanted to earn each of these marks. Read More

Rick Michel does 101 voices in less than 4 1/2 minutes! Read More