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In the winter of 1993, we experienced a massive blizzard in the northeast, and Newton, New Jersey was a virtual whiteout. Seemed like the...

Long time, no posting! I've taken a long, long hiatus from the Rock and Romance Cruise Blog. In fact, I had been debating pulling the...

While I can’t say enough about the incredible array of musicians we’ve had on the R&R cruise over the years, I believe that the number of...

Of course, it’s the performances of all the rock legends through the years that keep us booking again and again on the Rock and Romance...

Photo courtesy of Patty and Paul Malloy I originally launched this blog to write my own musings about music and the Rock and Romance...

A few weeks ago, we found ourselves in a local watering hole listening to 80s cover tunes. The band clearly knew what the crowd wanted to...

Please forgive me for not writing a post here sooner. I have no excuse for my extended Rock and Romance Cruise blog hiatus other than...

I’ve read that a cruise ship uses on average 600 pounds of butter per day, 250,000 eggs per week, and 170,000 pounds of fresh fruits and...

By Jan Sessions Walker If you’ve ever been a passenger on the 70’s Rock and Romance Cruise, you know that friendly people are one of the...

On this Memorial Day, I thought I’d share a few songs about freedom. While many of us aren't seeing eye-to-eye on much these days, I...

It’s hard to watch TV these days and not be struck by the barrage of 70’s classic rock and pop songs being used in commercials targeting...

By Jan Sessions Walker On a hot summer night back in 2016, I ran across an ad on Peter Frampton’s Facebook page, promoting a “Rock and...

Note: This post is dedicated to all my fellow Rock & Romance Cruise trivia players. Hint: There always seems to be a Dutch song amongst...

On Rock & Romance Cruise #4, one of my top highlights was watching Edgar Winter perform “Frankenstein”. If you stayed up to watch that...

Growing up, there were few things I loved more than the Beatles and the Brady Bunch. While a seemingly mismatched combination of 20th...

It’s happened to nearly every one of us on the Rock & Romance cruise, and likely multiple times. You’re standing in the buffet line...

The other day, I was driving to the grocery store, flipping between SiriusXM channels. As any self-respecting Rock & Romance cruiser...

If you’re reading this, you may just be one of the nearly 3,000 members of the Original 70’s Rock & Romance Cruise Chat group on...