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A note from “The Bopper” This site is intended to chronicle my journey through the evolution of “Cactus Jack and\u00a0the<\/p>\n
This site is intended to chronicle my journey through the evolution of “Cactus Jack and\u00a0the Cadillacs” over more than three decades. \u00a0Before I lead you onto this adventure, I wish to put out a big thank you to Mike “Colonel” Parker, and Jim “Cactus Jack” Stanley for their contributions to the information and visuals contained within this site. \u00a0I like to thank Jim Carter, who in 1993, introduced me to the world wide web; then helped me to set up “bopper.com”. \u00a0And, special credit to the late Don Johnson for his legacy of\u00a0compilation and tribute videos.<\/p>\n
Here we go: \u00a0by the early 1990s, live entertainment was widely included for conventions and other forms of corporate celebrations. “Cactus Jack and\u00a0the Cadillacs” were performing regularly at a downtown Orlando entertainment\u00a0multiplex named “Church Street Station”; beginning as the first Rock-N-Roll house band in the Orchid Garden Cafe. \u00a0The band performed weekly Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights; providing their own sound reinforcement and engineer. The Orchid Garden had become so popular that the management desired for the band to transition to six nights. \u00a0While\u00a0this was great fun, and the money was pretty good, all of the band members had full-time, “day jobs”. \u00a0The band wasn’t able to\u00a0accommodate Church Street Station’s request. \u00a0However, they were able to go onto the big\u00a0outdoor stage setup for the tremendous street parties; including the multi-day events surrounding the 1994 World Cup held in Orlando. \u00a0In the 1990s, including live entertainment for conventions and corporate celebrations was very popular. \u00a0There was and still are a\u00a0large number of very big venues for conventions and other events in and around Orlando\u00a0Florida. \u00a0 So, how to reach the corporate planners or event\u00a0committees? \u00a0I was working as a Software Engineer with a major defense company at the time. \u00a0A co-worker of mine, Jim Carter, suggested I utilize the world wide web, which at the time, was\u00a0still pretty much in it’s infancy. \u00a0Given the popularity of “oldies” themed parties, and my nickname as “the bopper”, Jim\u00a0helped\u00a0me register the bopper.com internet domain. \u00a0I then authored the original site using HTML; later adding Javascript and CSS. \u00a0Bopper.com featured the logo (pictured below) and content specifically for marketing the band. At one time, I also had registered: cactusjackandthecadillacs.com. \u00a0Both domains were pointed to the same site code. However, in 2021, the registration must have lapsed, and been instantly taken over (probably for extortion purposes), and linked to a Chinese porn site. \u00a0So don’t go there. \u00a0My daughter-in-law is a professional web designer. \u00a0She suggested\u00a0that I should\u00a0transition to WordPress, register a new domain for the band (https:\/\/cactusjackcadillacs.band); then design separate sites. \u00a0She also showed me how using this\u00a0would save money on the hosting. \u00a0So, here it is, the new bopper.com<\/p>\n
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