It was Late Summer 1977 and High School was over....and much to my total surprise, a four year relationship with my High School...

Back in the late 70's, after graduating from High School, The Orange Room was my solitude. It was a time of new beginnings. My girlfriend...

Welcome back to my ORANGE ROOM. In this corner of cyberspace, we can relive memories, moments and mayhem. Tales from when days were...

CHEESEMAN CIRA 1985 BY DARREN PEACOCK AS OUR STORES ALL OPEN, WE FIND OUR HERO…CHEESEMANⓇ WORKING UNDER CUBBORD AS THE MEEK AND MILD...

The mid 1970's were a wonderful time to be a teenager.....and THE ORANGE ROOM was my home base of CHAOS AND KOOL!!!! However, that was...

As a teenager in the 1970's, life was so fun. I had a cheap car, a girlfriend, a band and….I had a part time job. Between these extra...

Welcome to my ORANGE ROOM!!! Pull up a bean bag and I'll light some incense as I recall the tale of I SWERVED TO HIT A DOG. It was...

Today’s Tale from the Orange room was a few months before there was an Orange Room. Prior to the Orange Room, My bed room looked like...

Hey, Watch this!!!! Famous last words….dangerous last words….especially when you’ve been drinking cheap wine and sitting in the driver’s...

After about a year of rehearsals in my parents basement, my band Glaze were actually on the roster of Peoria Musical Enterprises and...

At the beginning of 1979, I was at ICC and beginning to question what to do with my life. I was 19 and a music major BUT, I wasn't really...

In the Spring of 1974, I was in the middle of my second semester of my Freshman year at Limestone High School. So much had happened in...

My Friend Darin and I learned how to play our instruments together. First Darin brought home a snare drum, then later a full drum kit. A...

In March of 1977, I was playing guitar in the Limestone Jazz Band and loving it! We were in the middle of a short tour of the local grade...

Everyone has those temporary jobs at some point in their life. Usually it’s when you’re very young and are desperate for any kind of...

I began playing music in public when I was still a kid. My next door neighbor, friend and drummer, Darin Bloomfield and I would sit in...

There was a term used in the 1970's that said, Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll. Been there, done that and even wore the Pin! I mention this...

Usually, the Saturday morning sleep in was the best in my Orange Room. No school or work to get me up early. I had worked the night...

One of my favorite tales from the band days was the night we liberated a keg of beer right in front of the eyes of the hipsters from...

In the years of 1973-1974 before the black hide a bed, I slept in a conventional bed with conventional headboard. How boring! The head...