September 25, 2008 Free Verse plays the Crown Point Antique Auto Show season finale at the Court House on Crown Point Square from 6pm to 9pm.
May 2008 Free Verse begins selling music downloads on Myspace.com
April 2008 Free Verse begins posting videos on YouTube.
March 2008 Free Verse posts two new Santana covers, Samba Pa Ti and Europa. Click on Europa on the navigator bar on the left to listen to Europa in CD quality or go to YouTube.com/ajmora to view the videos.
February 2008 Free Verse posts its newest original, Valentine on the web site, and posts its first video on Youtube.com. Listen to Valentine or go to the video by clicking it on the Navigator Bar on the left.
November 2007 Free Verse's America covers are played by DJ Dr. Johnny P. LoveTrain on the air at WBUL radio, the University of South Florida's campus radio station. This is the second time in its history Free Verse has appeared on radio. The first was in 1975 when the band appeared on Chicago's FM Loop as part of its prizes for winning the FM Loop's region-wide 1975 Battle of the Bands.
October 2007 Free Verse records and posts Daisy Jane and Sister Golden Hair by America.
March 2007 Free Verse records and posts on the site their newest song, Crazy Thing. Steve Lowry posts Crazy Thing on the official America Fans home page: http://www.accessbackstage.com/america/. Al adds the Detailed History page to the web site.
December 2006 Three America cover songs are added to freeverseband.com - Horse With No Name, Tin Man, and Ventura Highway. Listen to them by clicking on the America Covers button on the left.
September 2006 Free Verse's newest original song, Star, is added to freeverseband.com and to the From London to LA CD! Star is Samantha's first song in a harder-rock style, with power chords and screaming guitar solos! Listen to Star and learn more by clicking on the Star button on the navigator bar on the left.
Sing Your Song becomes Sylvia's first studio recording of original material, and the song is added to the web site and to the From London to LA CD. Learn more by clicking on the Sing Your Song button on the navigator bar on the left.
Tuesday July 25, 2006 Free Verse performs live for the first time since 1992 at the Clock Tower in downtown Hobart, Indiana.
Samantha performs live as a member of Free Verse for the first time.
Sylvia also performs onstage with Free Verse for the first time on July 25, and sings her first-ever original song, Sing Your Song. Listen to Sing Your Song by clicking on the Sing Your Song button on the navigator bar, and learn more about Sylvia in June 2006 announcements below.
Here's the song list for the show, with the original artist and Free Verse singer for each song.
1 I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Womack / Samantha) 2 Still The One (Shania Twain / Sylvia) 3 Horse With No Name (America / Al) 4 Upside Down (Free Verse / Samantha) 5 I'll Be Your Fool (Free Verse / Sylvia) 6 Tin Man (America / Al) 7 Lord I Hope This Day Is Good (Lee Ann Womack / Samantha) 8 Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Judy Garland / Sylvia) 9 Star (Free Verse / Samantha) 10 Ventura Highway (America / Al) 11 Sing Your Song (Free Verse / Sylvia) 12 From London To LA (Free Verse / Samantha)
June 2006 Al's sister Sylvia Mora joins Free Verse. Sylvia has sung and played violin for Mariachi De Colores for over ten years. Learn more at mariachidecolores.com.
May 27, 2006 Free Verse goes to see America perform in Terra haute, Inaiana. Samantha, Barbi, and Al meet Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America for the second time. Samantha and Al hand Gerry and Dewey each a copy of the From London To LA CD signed by Samantha. See photos at freeverseband.com/photos.html.
April 2006 The song Upside Down is added to the From London to LA CD.
January 2006 Al receives the book AN AMERICAN BAND by former AMERICA member DAN PEEK with Dan's signature on the title page. DAN wrote: "To Al & Samantha Mora, Enjoyed your song 'From London To L.A.' Samantha has a great voice! Dan Peek." Learn more by clicking on the From London To LA button in the navigation bar on the left.
Photos of Free Verse Yesterday and Today are added to the site. View them by clicking on the Photos button in the navigation bar.
Al records a demo of I'll Be Your Fool and begins marketing it to certain Country artists. Listen to the song by clicking on the I'll Be Your Fool button in the navigation bar.
The Emilio Nieto web page is added to the Free Verse web site. See his page by clicking on his button in the navigation bar.
November 2005 Work begins on a new CD.
September 2005 The Moras move from Southern California to Northwest Indiana.
June 2005 Al writes a traditional country song, I'll Be Your Fool.
March 2005 freeverseband.com web site launched featuring From London to LA sung by Samantha, two other songs sung by Samantha, and other material performed by Albert.
February - March 2005 Albert and Samantha work on writing, arranging, and recording From London to LA.
January 2005 Albert writes the America tribute song From London to LA.
December 2004 Al, Barbara (mom), and Samantha see America in concert. Al promises in the America chat room to write an America tribute song, record his daughter singing it, and start a new music web site. And here it is!