ROCKERS, The [Spokane]
Homebase: Spokane, WA
Stats: 1957-65
Misc Notes: There are no known recordings by this artist.
Tom Stewart ~ Lead Guitar
Dan Scharpenberg ~ Guitar
Marvin Carroll ~ Bass
John Sargent ~ Drums
Later Members
Jack Lyons ~ Guitar, Hammond M3, Vocals
Mike Clothier ~ Keyboards
Joel D. Nye ~ Keyboards
Bud Grafious ~ Saxophone
Ed Thomas ~ Saxophone
Gary Edwards ~ Bass
Craig Kuhlman ~ Bass, Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Everett Leep ~ Bass
Wayne Freeman ~ Drums
Tim Webster ~ Drums
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LONDON TAXI, The
"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 correspondence with pnwbands.com website, (courtesy of webmaster Sam Carlson)
"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 correspondence with pnwbands.com website, (courtesy of webmaster Sam Carlson)
"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, Edwards Music, February 2012 correspondence with pnwbands.com website, (courtesy of webmaster Sam Carlson)
"One night after playing in Orofino around 1959 I left a Lucky Lager beer bottle in the tank of the motel room toilet where I hid my beer to keep it cool. A couple of weeks later we 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 correspondence with pnwbands.com website, (courtesy of webmaster Sam Carlson)