Any Donnie Iris Fans?

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1006 Age : 58

Love his Back on the Streets and King Cool CDs from the early 80s. Whatever happened to him?

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

Love Donnie Iris!

"Ah Leah!" is a rock classic IMO.

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mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

Never heard of him, I have to check him out on Youtube when i get home.

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manny wrote:: Never heard of him, I have to check him out on Youtube when i get home.

manny,

http://www.last.fm/music/Donnie+Iris

Listen to the tune "Ah! Leah!" I'd bet you heard him years ago.

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

SpectreFate wrote:

manny wrote:: Never heard of him, I have to check him out on Youtube when i get home.

manny,

http://www.last.fm/music/Donnie+Iris

Listen to the tune "Ah! Leah!" I'd bet you heard him years ago.

I can't access it at work, I'll have to wait til I get home.

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

The last album I got by him was called Elwood City about 2 years ago and it didn't sound anything like the Donnie Iris I know.

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1006 Age : 58

Good to know tohostudios. Thanks for the info. I've been trying to find 'High and the Mighty' on CD as it came out just after King Cool. No luck so far.

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

SpectreFate wrote:

manny wrote:: Never heard of him, I have to check him out on Youtube when i get home.

manny,

http://www.last.fm/music/Donnie+Iris

Listen to the tune "Ah! Leah!" I'd bet you heard him years ago.

Don't recognize the name or that song. Too much 80's keyboard for my taste.

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Metal, Movies, Beer Number of posts : 37869 Age : 54

I vaguely remember seeing a video for "King Cool" waaaaay back in the early days of MTV.

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King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

Red Kitty wrote:: Good to know tohostudios. Thanks for the info. I've been trying to find 'High and the Mighty' on CD as it came out just after King Cool. No luck so far.

I forgot all about that album. I still remember the title track though. I have all the old releases on vinyl.

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3325 Age : 53

tohostudios wrote:: Love Donnie Iris!

"Ah Leah!" is a rock classic IMO.

Talk about a song that takes you back to the 80's. That type of song is why I miss that decade so much! I saw a guy do an acoustic version of "Ah Leah" at a bar a few years back. I think maybe a 1/4 of the people in the place actually recognized it. Great tune!

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51

Used to love the song "Love Is Like a Rock" when it was all over MTV way back when. For some reason I always confused him with Greg Kihn.

Road Warrior Number of posts : 17151 Age : 48

He's alright but not as good as Donny Irish.

Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1006 Age : 58

jstate wrote:: Used to love the song "Love Is Like a Rock" when it was all over MTV way back when. For some reason I always confused him with Greg Kihn.

Yeah, that's a great song too!

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

My second favorite DI song is Injured In The Game Of Love.

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1006 Age : 58

tohostudios wrote:: My second favorite DI song is Injured In The Game Of Love.

Great song...."Do You Compute?" is cool too.

mini boss Number of posts : 21101 Age : 54

SpectreFate wrote:

manny wrote:: Never heard of him, I have to check him out on Youtube when i get home.

manny,

http://www.last.fm/music/Donnie+Iris

Listen to the tune "Ah! Leah!" I'd bet you heard him years ago.

Spec you are alright I have heard this song, god it has been years! Thanks spec.

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

That's actually a really good album Manny. Ah Leah was the hit but there's a lot of good songs on that one.

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Metal student Number of posts : 112 Age : 52

He's from Pittsburgh, so he's always gotten a lot of airplay on the classic rock stations in Western PA and Eastern Ohio. I always figured "Love is Like a Rock" and "Ah-Leah" were classic rock staples. They're pretty cool, hard rockin' tunes. One DJ in Akron used to kid when he'd play Donnie Iris, and go "Dawnie Iris n 'at" like he was from Pittsburgh.

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

I still find it amazing that Donnie Iris was in Wild Cherry.

"Play that funky music...white boy...."

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Heart of Metal Number of posts : 1006 Age : 58

Yeah...he is from the Pittsburgh area. Beaver Falls, if I'm not mistaken. I used to live east of Pittsburgh and saw him in concert a few times back in the day.

He was in Wild Cherry....but I think it was post 'Play that funky music...'

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 3361 Age : 51

I had totally forgotten about "Do You Compute?". I love those old Donnie Iris videos. Now I'm going to have to add him to the list of stuff to be on the lookout for.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 4272 Age : 65

Yeah he rocked back in the day!

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