ABOUT THE BAND
Stark Raven, formed in the mid-1980’s in Charleston, WV, was a genre bending band that played for thousands of excited fans through out West Virginia and the United States during the nine years that they were together. Combining acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums, an amplified string section (electric violin and cello), electric dulcimer, mandolin, harmonica, accordion and tight three part vocals, Stark Raven recorded 2 albums ‘100 Million Reasons’ and ‘Learning to Fly’ of mostly original songs. Combining folk, rock, blues, classical and mountain music they achieved a unique sound that they coined Rhythm and Roll.
The band played their last concert in 1992. Most of the members became members of the Mountain Stage Band. Eventually violinist Deni Bonet and bassist John Kessler left to pursue solo careers and multi instrumentalist Bob Webb became a sought after recording engineer. Ron Sowell (vocal/guitar), Ammed Solomon (drums) and Julie Adams (vocal/guitar) still form the core of the Mountain Stage Band heard today on NPR on 200 stations.
ABOUT THIS CAMPAIGN / REUNION
Stark Raven will be performing this summer for the first time in 25 years! Members will be traveling from Washington, New York and Oregon. Money raised from this campaign will be used to cover travel, rehearsal and concert expenses. The reunion shows will take place...
Thursday, AUGUST 10 | The Clay Center (Charleston, WV)
Friday, AUGUST 11 | Live on the Levee (Charleston, WV)
Let's make it happen!
CONTRIBUTIONS / PERKS
Please take a moment to visit the "Perks" section of this campaign (listed along the right side of your screen) to check out all of the different reward options we've created in exchange for your generous contributions. We've also named them all after some *familiar* song titles you may remember... :)
All perk packages will be available for in-person pick-up at either of the two August 2017 reunion shows. If you are from out of town or unable to attend a show, send us an email to arrange shipping! starkravenband@gmail.com
OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP
Tell your friends—Help us spread the word by sharing this campaign on social media and any other way you can! Know someone who was a big Stark Raven fan? Let them know! Know someone who loves a great show? Let them know! And join us over at facebook.com/starkravenreunion for more updates.
LOVE,
Ron, Julie, Ammed, Deni, Bob & John + the rest of the Stark Raven team <3
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