‘Music that helps heal our spirit’: After personal difficulties, Country Hall of Fame group to bring songs to State Theatre

EASTON, Pa. — In the past year and a half, Country Music Hall of Fame vocal group The Oak Ridge Boys has dealt with difficult tragedy.

In July 2024, its 50-year tenor voice, Joe Bonsall, died from complications of ALS after a two-year hiatus from the group. That same year, 60-year lead singer Duane Allen lost his wife, Norah.

And last May, after 55 years in the group, bass singer Richard Sterban stepped away to deal with pancreatic cancer…

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