Dennis DeYoung began his solo journey some 10 years ago with an out of the blue offer from Tim Orchard to put together an orchestra show for a single concert at the Rosemont Theater in 2000. He enlisted a group of fine musicians he had worked with several times in the past and there was no intention to create anything other than a good show with rock band and orchestra. Dawn Feusi was brought in to sing Styx harmony and perform selections from the Hunchback of Notre Dame as part of a retrospective on is career including Styx, my solo rock work and Broadway.

Because of the success of this show Dennis was chosen to be the pilot for a new Public Television Soundstage program. "Dennis DeYoung and Friends" went on to be the most lucrative pledge show for PBS from this series, pledging over 100 cities across the country raising over 2 million dollars in the process. From this initial concept Dennis began to get offers to perform with and without the orchestra and simply kept the same band for both shows. With the recent addition of August Zadra to the band, there is new life to the show and fans won't be disappointed.