ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Sunday, May 19, 1996 TAG: 9605170022
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
Autographed publicity pictures of Bo Diddley, Roger McGuinn, Rick Danko, Humble Pie, Vern Gosdin, Sonny Rhodes, Rare Earth, Steve Forbert, Richie Havens, Chris Hillman, and the Seldom Scene, among others. (Most of the autographs begin, ``To Shirley ...'')
Other assorted publicity pictures without autographs of the Kentucky Headhunters, the Bodeans, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Quiet Riot, Poco, Johnny Winters, John Kay & Steppenwolf, Leon Russell, and more.
Artist T-shirts for John Lee Hooker, Blackfoot, Maynard Ferguson, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Kill Billy, Black Elvis, Goose Creek Symphony, the Romantics, John Stewart, the Country Gentleman, and dozens of others. (Mostly in black.)
Iroquois Club T-shirts. ``This will be your last chance to buy one,'' says club owner Shirley Thomas.
Miscellaneous compact discs and tapes. (Will be sold individually and by the box.)
A pair of wagon wheels originally used as stage decorations when the Iroquois first opened as a bluegrass and country music club.
The lost and found box. Says Thomas: ``If you've ever lost anything at the Iroquois, come and buy it back - cheap.''
Various musical and lighting equipment including sound boards, microphone stands, speakers, cable, spotlights, and a concert projections system the was only used one time. ``It was such a headache to set up. I never bothered again,'' Thomas says.
And everything else, from dishes, candle holders, lamp shades, stainless steel chafing trays to a Canon copying machine, a condom dispenser and a Pac-Man machine that might have been played by Bill Monroe.
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