Armageddon, as they were called, found themselves broke and homeless, but they caught a break in Miami.Ī chance meeting with a man who was the caretaker of an abandoned hotel gave them a place to stay and rehearse.
The band members slept in the parking lot for awhile and then "begged the ship's captain that brought us to take us back to Miami," which he did, Sterchi said. "We had a contract, but it didn't work out internationally speaking, so there we were with no money and no place to stay," Sterchi said. The guys sold many of their belongings and headed south, only to discover the gig was not what had been promised. The group was good enough that the owner of the local Armageddon club became the group's manager and booked them into a regular club gig in the Bahamas.
"The goal back then was to just be in a band and play music." "We played sock hops and fraternity parties and played in Daytona Beach twice," he said. The group traveled to gigs in a yellow van with big lips painted on the side, Sterchi said. The Victors also featured Randy Clark, who became a fixture on the local music scene.Ī few years later, Brother John's Love Colony was formed. He has recorded a solo album and created a new band called Blues Tribe.Īt age 12, Sterchi joined The Victors, a band that played high school parties and dances.
Now, 50 years after joining his first band, Sterchi has again been bitten. Like thousands of others, Drew Sterchi caught the music bug as a youngster watching The Beatles on "The Ed Sullivan Show." DREW STERCHIAge: 62.Hometown: Chattanooga.Family: Wife, Peggy son, Chris daughter, Mary.Education: Brainerd High School, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.Vocation: Owner, Sterchi Construction.Where to hear him: Sterchi will play during an CD release party Nov.
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