THE STROKERS vintage PINBACK Button PIN Badge RARE Rock Richmond VA 80s 1980s
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THE STROKERS vintage PINBACK Button PIN Badge RARE Rock Richmond VA 80s 1980s:
$8.99
THE STROKERS vintage PINBACK Button PIN Badge RARE Rock Richmond VA 80s
Excellent condition! Measures approximately 1.5\" wide. Minor signs of age/wear. SEEPHOTOS.
Original VINTAGE item - NOT a reproduction!
\"The Strokers were the best bar band Richmond ever had.\" So says almost every club goer inthe Richmond area in the 1980\'s. The Strokers got their start playing Rolling Stones\'songs in the clubs and bars of downtown Richmond, Virginia during the heyday of the Livemusic scene, the 1980s.Scott Curnow, the flamboyant singer/frontman, had Mick Jagger all but cloned. His voice,looks, mannerisms, and frontman style was classic Jagger. Dadion Lester, guitar (see TopFriends), held up his end of the show by playing a style of lead guitar that came fromgrowing up a big Rolling Stones fan, and learning to play Stones songs from a very earlyage. Together, Scott and Dadion were the \"Glimmer Twins\" of the band. Mervyn Nikel, rhythmguitar, was a devout study of the Keith Richards school of guitar. Open tunings, capos,all the little nuances that made The Stones sound was covered. Greg Jones, a phenominalbass player, was like having Wyman on his best night--every night.Rusty Simmons played a very energetic and powerful style of drums, and combined with theoverall musicianship of the band, really took the Stones thing to a different level. TheStrokers used to PACK the bars and college nite spots up and down the east coast. Whereverthey played it was slammed to the walls with not only locals that knew of them, butfriends and fans making the road trips from Richmond and surrounding areas. They openedshows for Atlanta Rhythm Section, Leon Russell, Pat Travers, The Guess Who, Steppenwolf,and many more, and consistantly recieved better press reviews than the headliners.The Strokers not only could do almost any Stones\' song upon request, but could also do itin the style The Stones did it from any given tour or era. With a huge lightshow, and thesecond largest P.A. system of any band on the east coast circuit, it was a incrediblyROCKING show. But The Strokers were not confined to just being Stones clones. They provedto be very talented songwriters themselves. Tim Brammer replaced Mervyn on guitar, and thesongwriting team was complete. Before long a Strokers\' concert was split 50/50 betweenoriginal material and Rolling Stones, the originals being called \"Stroke Music.\" This onlyincreased their following.The only time taken from the road was to record material to shop. They showcased in NewYork every month, and came very close to landing deals with several major labels. Afteryears of playing five and six nights a week, Va. raising the legal drinking age to 21(cutting deeply into the $ and audience), and a grueling trip to Los Angeles, The Strokersdecided to call it quits... In 1996 Scott, Dadion, and Mervyn got back together for areunion show. The response was so great it became a \"Reunion Tour\" that lasted an entiresummer. That led to Scott and Dadion writing together again, and recording again in NewYork. In 2004 they released an album entitled \"On Your Back\" recorded at StormkloudStudios, combining older and new original material, and one Stones song \"Dead Flowers\".\"Intercontinental Cuisine\", \"Save Me\", and \"Crush Me\" recieved moderate airplay on localradio, and is currently recieving airplay on cable, internet, and specialty radio aroundthe accept Paypal.com payments.
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