Congratulations to the 2003 inductees of the Iowa Rock'nRoll Music Association's Hall of Fame!
 | The Last Shades of Dawn of Des Moines was a band with a career spanning 25 years. The idea came from Tom Marinaro and Mart Watson, a bass player. Tom had learned to play the guitar and John Marinaro bought him his first electric g... More Details >> |
 | James Moore and the Rock 'N Flames were one of the first rock and roll bands formed in eastern Iowa. Found by brothers James and Sidney Moore in 1957, the original members were James on lead guitar, Sidney on bass guitar, Roy Cadw... More Details >> |
 | The Dubuque area was home base for The Shades, a top area rock and roll band of the early 1960s. The group had its beginnings in late 1957 at Bill Nank's house in Dubuque. He, along with Joe Hedley and Bobby Greenwood attempted to... More Details >> |
 | As the rock and roll scene began to flourish across the Midwest in the late 1950s and early 1960s, four young Sioux City musicians, each gaining prominence in other bands, joined forces to give flight to what would be a distinguis... More Details >> |
 | Laura and Willard Lawrence, along with her brother Jake Figi formed a partnership in December of 1928 to operate a bathhouse and store on the shores of Storm Lake. There wasn't much for the young people of the area to do in those ... More Details >> |
 | In the autumn of 1960 Jim Shea, Rick Van Haitsma, Reuben Hanson and Mike Erskine formed a rock and roll band. These four junior high friends from Sioux City called themselves the Rockets and played their first job at the roller sk... More Details >> |
 | From 1973 on, Bonesteel has entertained thousands of music fans and their reunion shows continue to draw sellout crowds. This 2003 Hall of Fame inductee's history begins in '73 with founding members Merle Pithan, Mick Petersen and... More Details >> |
 | In the mid 1960's, the music of the Dark Knights could be heard all around the upper Midwest, including the states of Iowa, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota. The band performed many "gigs" including some... More Details >> |
 | Keith Knudsen rose to international fame from roots in his hometown of LeMars. Knudsen was born in that community in February of 1948. As a youngster he loved to listen to Elvis, Johnny Burnette and the Everly Brothers. He began d... More Details >> |
 | Nestled among the trees in the Northeast Iowa community of Spillville is the Inwood Ballroom. This marks the 83rd year this ballroom has brought entertainment to three generations of music fans. It is also the year this historic e... More Details >> |
 | A colorful and talented personality, Doug MacKinnon made the radio waves entertaining and fun for many years. Born in Battle Creek, Michigan, he traveled with his family and eventually attended the same high school as the internat... More Details >> |
 | Isaac Donald and Phillip Everly were raised in a Kentucky-rooted musical family. Don was born in Kentucky and Phil in Chicago, Ill., the sons of Ike and Margaret Everly who were folk and country singers from the central part of Ke... More Details >> |
 | The band called The Green Giants was originally formed in Southwest Iowa by two musicians from Shenandoah and two from Bedford. Those four originators were Bob Biers as lead vocalist, John Gibson on bass guitar, Jim Hutson on lead... More Details >> |
 | Little Miss Dynamite is the nickname given Brenda Lee. It is a most appropriate pseudonym because she may be short in stature but she can really belt out a song. The most honored female performer of the past half-century, She was ... More Details >> |
 | Twist & Shout' Entertainment News of Fort Dodge was first published in June of 1992 by founders Dave Haldin and Anne Kersten. With the purpose of bringing 'entertainment news' to people of Northwest Iowa, 'Twist & Shout' has conti... More Details >> |
 | The Soul Company was formed in early 1968. The band, consisting of nine high school students, including Loren Paulsen and Ken Wachal from Estherville, Al Klein from Spirit Lake and Steve Schroeder from Lake Park. These four had pl... More Details >> |
 | Grammy award winning composer Michael Lehmann Boddicker grew up in Cedar Rapids; part of a very musical family. His parents owned music stores in Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Iowa City. His mother was a nationally recognized accordi... More Details >> |
 | It was the summer of 1957 when lead guitarist Ron Jordan, drummer Bob Story, bassist Jerry Jordan and guitarist Bill Flikkema decided to form a band they first called the "Rock-Its." The Clinton based band's sound was greatly infl... 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 >> |
