In my three-plus-decade career in the entertainment biz, I have been so very fortunate to work with legends, icons and one-hit wonders. Most of them are/were from the 1950s, '60s, '70s and '80s. And as we lose so many of these stars of our childhoods every year, their memories resonate as their songs come on the radio during my long drives from venue to venue.

I have been coming to Las Vegas for so many years and watched Vegas history disappear right in front of my eyes. Those days of showrooms filled with tuxedoed crooners are all but gone. There just isn't anything like "Old Vegas."

As the owner of a live-music venue, Ron Onesti of the Arcada Theatre worries about technological advances that allow people to make music using computers, without employing a band or even knowing how to play an instrument.