THE SMOKE RING
The Smoke Ring was a rock band from Norfolk, Nebraska active in the 1960s. It was formed from two previous regionally popular rock and roll groups, Little Joe & the Ramrods and The Strollers. They had strong regional success but charted only one national hit, 1969’s “No, Not Much”. (More from Wikipedia)
Fergie Frederiksen has enjoyed a long, prosperous and highly varied career in music. Frederiksen was asked by his friend Tommy Shaw to replace him as lead singer in a band called MSFunk, the final permutation of the Smoke Ring that had formed from the combination of two earlier bands from Norfolk, Nebraska dating back to as early as 1959, Little Joe & the Ramrods and the Strollers. Tommy Shaw had been asked to join Styx, where he became one of their key bandmembers up to the present day.
(October 2012)
