Congratulations to the 2005 inductees of the Iowa Rock'nRoll Music Association's Hall of Fame!
 | The Spartans were formed in 1965 by a talented group of Des Moines area teens, Soon after In 1966, they added polished three and four-part harmonies to their solid rhythm section, they won the very first Iowa State Fair Battle of ... More Details >> |
 | A popular Des Moines based rock and roll band from 1966-1970, Rhythm's Children began with identical twins Dan and Dennis Gutenkauf on guitars. They teamed up with drummer Charlie Konkol at Dowling High School as the "Moondawgs."... More Details >> |
 | It is not known for certain just exactly how all the members of the late 50's band known as Larry Dowd & the Rock-a-Tones came together. During late 1958 through 1959, the band consisted of 19-year-old singer/songwriter Larry Dowd... More Details >> |
 | John JR Robinson was born in Creston, Iowa on Dec. 29, 1954. He is the son of the late Dr. Jack Robinson and the late Helen Sloan. Both parents, through music, had a strong effect on John. He started on piano at the age of five an... More Details >> |
 | Louis Carr was born in Alamogordo NM, raised in a logging camp and started playing guitar while serving in the U.S. Army. Local Cedar Rapids musicians agree that he has forgotten more about music and entertaining than most will ev... More Details >> |
 | A group of young men raised in North Central Iowa became acquainted in 1968 through introductions at Carleton Stewart Music Company in Mason City. Four members of a previous band known as The Motley (not to be confused with Motley... More Details >> |
 | When rock and roll arrived in the 50s and began to grow even more in the 60s, women played a very important part in its success. But, as with many things, they were forced to take a back seat in many ways to their male counterpart... More Details >> |
 | What began in 1962 as the band Johnny and the Sting Rays would soon change to the Senders; the name they kept for the next 43 years. Original members of the Sting Rays were Don Schossow (guitar), Bob Thomsen (bass), Colleen Schoss... More Details >> |
 | Born and raised in the blue-collar Mississippi River town of Burlington, Iowa in 1951, Robert Franklin 'Bo' Ramsey not only played a vital role in shaping Eastern Iowa's distinctive blues-rock hybrid, but has continued in his stil... More Details >> |
 | The origin of the band that would become the Red Dogs was a band called the Limits from Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Founding members of the Limits were high schoolers Steve Elliott (lead guitar) and Doug Cunningham (sax). The band inc... More Details >> |
 | The musical group Truth was formed in late 1969 in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City area by original members BillyLee Janey, Steve Bock and John Fillingsworth. The band pulled its name from the title of a Jeff Beck album and drew inspir... More Details >> |
 | When you ask yourself "what was the perfect rock and roll band like in the '50s?"; the answer would be the Jags from LeMars. The original band consisted of four talented self-taught musicians: Walt Clark (bass/vocals), Dave Puetz ... More Details >> |
 | One of Siouxland's top bands of the 1960s, the Mustangs performed in early 1963 with players who had been part of the Shadels. Members included Dave Kjos, Mark Cripps, Bill Mortensen and Steve Fleck. Later on vocalist Scott Slate... More Details >> |
 | The Last Chapter was born in late 1967 out of the ashes of "The Restrictions." They had just finished recording their first single "Down on the Corner" and "She's Gone Away" on the IGL label. The local radio stations were already ... More Details >> |
 | Located between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids off I-380, Swisher is the home of Dance Mor Ballroom, which has been in continuous operation since 1932. Actually the Dance Mor was known as the Paramount Dance Pavilion until the 1950's.... More Details >> |
 | Otto Schultz was born and raised in Humboldt County, Iowa with 12 brothers and sisters. In 1946 he opened a Dodge, Chrysler, and Plymouth dealership in Dakota City, IA. He also built many of the other brick buildings that line Mai... More Details >> |
 | KOMA was born on Christmas Eve 1922 in Oklahoma City. The southwestern giant was only 15 watts of power under the original call letters KFJF. The station's original purpose was to rebroadcast the programming of larger eastern stat... More Details >> |
 | In October of 1945 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lifted its wartime ban on licensing new broadcast stations. By the end of 1946, 30 new stations were on the air. One of these was KSTT in Davenport; founded by Hugh No... More Details >> |
 | Danny Matousek was involved in Music in one way or another most of his life. He was a member of the Velaires who were inducted into the Iowa RockNRoll Hall of Fame in 1997. Danny passed away in the Spring of 1998 just prior to a s... More Details >> |
