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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. Robyn 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. They had to let the original drummer go due to personal issues. In December 2004, Art found a drummer looking for a band and Ron Voll was asked to join. Rick Gillis entered the studio two weeks after Ron joined, and he completely blew the room away with his voice. Rick's presence all but guaranteed Local Stranger's future success, and inspired the phrase, "This ain't no 'bar' band.

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 Wa...