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Don Lamb

voc,
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Born in Chicago, Ill. Family moved to San Francisco, Ca. in 1961. When he turned 10, he and his brother, would shine shoes, on Market St. and Union Square. They put their money together, to buy Don his first bass guitar. It was a 1963 Fender Precision. In the late 60's, he was in several local bands. The Rhythm Raiders, Captain Crunch...The Psychedelic Mirage... After a stint in the U.S. Navy, he returned to music..In `1972, he started a band called Cornerstone. Played Hard Rock copy songs and started playing the rock clubs, Keystone Berkley, Keystone Palo Alto, Theaters, and outside gigs. In 1975, the name was changed to Cornerstone Street Punks. Adding local friend and neighbor, guitar player, Rick Clare. Rick was still in high school at the time. They started to write songs, in a more new wave rock style. Using brick wall backgrounds, and garbage cans to hold the guitars. After winning several battle of the bands, they added drummer Ken Cimino, and in early 1976, added guitar player, Tony Lourenco. They dropped Cornerstone from their name..and became "Street Punks"..Being one of the earliest bands to play The Fab Man in 1977. Their second gig at the mab, was with The Damned, from England. Don Lamb was the heart and soul of the Street Punks and was a "real" punk in every sense of the word. A decorated Vietnam vet, Don was a joy to hang out with, a loyal friend, and absolutely fearless. Rick Clare recalls a gig where several bikers were heckling the band. After the first set, Don approached the bikers at the bar, some words were exchanged, and soon thereafter one of the bikers was out cold on the floor. Suffice it to say, the remainder of the gig went heckle-free. After the breakup of the Street Punks, Don went on to perform in Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas with Paul Revere and the Raiders and currently lives in Carson City, Nevada, where he works as the northern Nevada supervisor for Leroy's Sports Books. Their music brought the crowds, and would entertain them with a hypnotic stage show...Fast paced and fun.. Playing with the biggest groups, they soon became a headliner. Sold out shows.

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