Southstreet
Bio
Southstreet is a party/variety/dance band that has been
around since 1985. These guys cover Louis Armstrong, Louis
Prima, Righteous Brothers, Brothers Johnson, John Fogerty, Elton
John, Temps & Tops, Dion and the Belmonts, Beatles, Bob Seger,
Brian Setzer, Black Crowes, Pink Floyd, Cocker, Commodores, Conway
Twitty, Van Halen, Van Morrison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Village People,
Donna Summer, Springsteen, Aerosmith, Abba, Devo, Techno &
anything else that will get you on the dancefloor. There is a
laptop full of party tunes to keep everyone in the mood during
band breaks.
Mike Sites on vocals, guitar
and harmonica, and Jimmy Wank on vocals, drums and percussion
were both members of the popular show
band
of the 70's and 80's Crossroads. Crossroads toured
the United States and Caribbean playing resorts, clubs and casinos.
Crossroads alumnus Frank ("Let me touch you")
Faranda travels the world as musical director on Royal
Caribbean Cruise Lines
; Chris McGorry writes, records
and performs original music as The
Day Rubies ; Miles ("But you don't
understand") Bryant plays keyboards with Soldoutband thruout the Southeastern US ;John Pierson is
in Nashville and toured with Nashville country artist John Berry;
Jackie ("A beautiful dude") Browne drums for assorted
swing and jazz groups in the Philadelphia area; Tom Fanty is playing
with Dow Jones &
The Averages ; Ken Dodds is living in
Des Peres, Missouri; Debbie Miller is the mother of twins; Tommy
Armer plays in another local band Line Drive; Steve "Mellonhead"
Kelly is writing and playing in Texas
and Michele Hendricks latest band was The Fly Boys .
When Crossroads split
up in 1985 after a dozen solid years on the road, Sites and Wank
continued playing locally and adopted the name Southstreet.
They
released an EP of original tunes in 1986. Steve Liller, also from
another great 80's band, Daddy C & The AllStars, joined
later that same year as the keyboardist/vocalist. Several excellent
bass players punched the band into the 90s. 1995 was a turning
point when Southstreet was unable to find a suitable replacement
for exiting bass player Bobby Frey. Since Stevie had been sequencing
bass parts for his original projects for years, the band incorporated
this technique and eliminated the need for a fourth member.
Because of the wide range and
diversity of the boys, Southstreet has worked in every
live music venue imaginable. Gigs under their belt include special
events at Nissley Vineyards, The Historic Strasburg
Inn Balloon Festival and the Lancaster General Hospital Holiday
Party; corporate functions for Armstrong World Industries, R.R.
Donnelley, United Sleep Products and Rite Aid; private parties
for the Lancaster Ski Club, Bent Creek and Inacom Information
Systems; as well as the bread and butter of continual club work
in the Lancaster, York, Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg area.
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