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Local Stranger

Kansas City, MO

Biography

The delivery of our performance is what sets us apart. The songs are energetic, they are the kind of songs that make people want to raise their fists in the air and shout out the lyrics. Our influences are the legends of rock.Local Stranger was founded by James Hammontree in the mid 90's. Art Kirkendoll, virtuoso lead guitar player, and James have been friends for years. They wanted to build a music project that had a chance for lasting success. Rob Slahck, a classically trained bass player, ...

The delivery of our performance is what sets us apart. The songs are energetic, they are the kind of songs that make people want to raise their fists in the air and shout out the lyrics. Our influences are the legends of rock.Local Stranger was founded by James Hammontree in the mid 90's. Art Kirkendoll, virtuoso lead guitar player, and James have been friends for years. They wanted to build a music project that had a chance for lasting success. Rob Slahck, a classically trained bass player, joined Local Stranger in 2003, and with a singer/drummer the three piece band enjoyed some marginal success for over a year. In December 2004, Ron Voll was asked to join the band as a drummer. Rick Gillis entered the studio about 2 weeks later, and he completely blew the room away with his voice. Rick’s presence all but guaranteed Local Stranger’s future success.With the newly revamped line-up, the magic began to flow. Local Stranger was quickly given the opportunity to play in a few of the larger clubs, and struck gold with an appearance in Club Wars VI. As round one began, only five originals had been written; the show at The Grand Emporium was Local Stranger’s second gig. They played well enough to secure a spot in the next round. A blistering Semi-Finals performance netted a slot in the finals at The Beaumont in June, 2005. While Local Stranger came in 3rd, they won the praise of the General Manager of The Beaumont, which turned out to be every bit as good as winning Club Wars outright.July 2005, after only 7 months together, the four musicians entered the studio to produce their debut CD ‘In The Shadows’. The studio crew raved at Local Stranger’s talent and professionalism. Recording was done over a mere three week period. The final mix was completed early October and the CD was released on October 26.After their shows at The Uptown Theater, The Beaumont and several of Kansas City’s finest venues, Local Stranger will be working their way back to the studio to work on their second CD.Local Stranger has been chosen as one of 20 bands to compete in the Live Indie Rock Wars, April 25th-27th, 2008 in Las Vegas, NV. We completed the finals in the top 10. Check out our performance on youtube/liveindierockwars.

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