The Vanguards were five teenagers from Mendota, Illinois: Tony Martin, vocals; Jack Wagner, lead guitar; Jim Larkin, rhythm guitar; Benny Su...

In early July 1965, just as their single "Mr. Tambourine Man" reached number one on the pop charts, the Byrds set out on their fir...

The Buffum Tool Co. were a 1960's folk-rock group made up of students from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.  They played ...

The Inner Sanctums were a teenage combo from Macoupin and Sangamon counties in downstate Illinois.  The group released a lone single in 1968...

Arlie Neaville aka Dean Carter is responsible for some of the wildest sounds to come out of downstate Illinois (or anywhere else for that m...

The Arkansas Travelers were, oddly enough, not from Arkansas at all.  Instead, the popular Illinois country band originated from the Champai...