Sanders settled briefly in Amarillo, Texas, where he tried his hand at country and western music, writing and recording \u201cLone Star of Amarillo.\u201d<\/p>\n
In more recent years, Sanders lived in California where he continued to perform his \u201cSinatra King\u201d routine and pick up occasional acting roles, including one in the 2012 Muppets movie.<\/p>\n
Through the years, Sanders has stayed in touch with many of the musicians, actors, writers and directors he worked with in New York and California, and many have offered testimonials to Sanders\u2019 performing career, among them\u00a0 Shirley MacLaine, David Bowie, Ed Harris, Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert Morningstar and Mick Jagger.<\/p>\n
In addition to performing works made famous by other artists, Sanders writes and sings his own compositions. He is particularly proud of a recent recording, \u201cI See Myself in You,\u201d which he wrote as a kind of multi-generation anthem. Among the friends who have agreed to participate in an upcoming video of the song is Sophia Stewart, author of the Matrix and Terminator movie series, who wrote that the lyrics remind her of Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cWe are the World.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beyond the New Year\u2019s Eve gig at Los Balcones, Sanders is exploring the possibility of other musical productions in Cuenca, including a childrens\u2019 concert at a local museum and a musical stage show in the Casa de la Cultura theater. His biggest dream, he says, is to produce a large-scale masquerade ball. \u201cI\u2019d call it the Great Cuenca Masquarade Ball and it would require a very large facility, lots of music and lots of talent. Given Ecuador\u2019s rich tradition in costume- and mask-making, this has the potential to be a truly fabulous event.\u201d
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Robert Sanders is hosting a Retro American Music New Years Eve Dinner and Concert<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0December 31 at Los Balcones, Presidente Borrero 12-08 at Gaspar Sangurima (the old California Kitchen location). There will be two musical sets, one in which Sanders accompanies himself on guitar, the second with Sanders accompanied by pianist David Zoernig. Cost of the dinner is $25 per person, $7.99 for children. Dinner begins at 7. For reservations, call Hotel Los Balcones at 284 2103 or email\u00a0<\/em>info@HotelLosBalconesCuenca.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n A Cuenca New Year\u2019s Eve with Frank Sinatra? Well, maybe not exactly with the ghost of Old Blue Eyes but it may be the next best thing. Recently arrived Cuenca expat Robert Sanders, who spent much of his life performing Sinatra\u2019s standards in his \u201cSinatra King\u201d stage show in the U.S., is presenting what he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/chl-sanders-299x300.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pah3dY-n3","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1431,"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/1431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/ecuadorchronicle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/chl-sanders-299x300.png\")
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