The
Rockers
Spokane,
Washington
1957
- 1965
Members
Marvin
Carroll ~ Bass
Mike
Clothier ~ Keyboards
Gary
Edwards ~ Bass
Wayne
Freeman ~ Drums
Bud
Grafious ~ Saxophone
Craig
Kuhlman ~ Bass, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Everett
Leep ~ Bass
Jack
Lyons ~ Guitar, Hammond M3, Vocals
Joel
D. Nye ~ Keyboards
John
Sargent ~ Drums
Dan
Scharpenberg ~ Guitar
Tom
Stewart ~ Lead Guitar
Ed
Thomas ~ Saxophone
Tim
Webster ~ Drums
In
Memory of
Wayne
Freeman
Bud
Grafious
Everett
Leep
Jack
Lyons
John
Sargent
The
Rockers in 1958 - Tom (Guitar) and John (Drums)
I was
one
of the early members during 1957-1959. It seems that Tom Stewart
is the only original survivor of this band. I was a bass guitar
player
along with Tom Stewart (rhythm guitar) and John Sargent (drums), and
Dan
Scharpenberg (guitar). “Sarge” was the original drummer for
The
Rockers. Dan played in 58 and 59.
Marvin
Carroll,
July 2006
Wayne Freeman,
who
died at the age of 19, was a rare human being, and definitely one of a
kind. He was a really good Hot Rod builder. He had a '34
Ford
5 window coupe, and a 34 Dodge 2 door Sedan. He loved cars and
music
and was just beginning a productive life. We still miss him.
Michael Jay
Clothier,
January 2007
I played bass with the Rockers from
1959
to 1961. We used to be able to put all our equipment for a 4
piece
band in Tom Stewart's 1953 Mercury including the four band
members.
We played all over the area from
Creston
to Orofino. We played for intermissions for the record hops
at the Coliseum at least once.
One time we got stuck on the Idaho
side
of the border when Wayne Freeman's 1936 Plymouth car broke down and we
slept in the volunteer fire department until the border patrolman took
pity on us and gave us sleeping bags and let us sleep at his house.
Right now I work full-time
writing
music, books plays and making films.
Gary Edwards, February 2012
Edwards
Music
One night after playing in Orofino
around
1959 I left a Lucky Lager Beer Bottle in tank of the motel Room toilet
where I hid my beer to keep it cool.
A couple of weeks later Iwe came back
to
the same motel and I opened up the top of the toilet tank and found a
bottle
of beer, but it was Olympia beer. I found out later another band
(I think it was Clark Frandsend's band) had taken my Lucky Lager Beer
and
Left the Olympia.
Gary Edwards, February 2012
Edwards
Music
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Last
Update: 22 March 2012
Credits:
Gary Vredenburg, Craig Kuhlman, Marvin Carroll, Michael Jay Clothier,
Joel
Nye, Eileen Talburt, Gary Edwards