Darry - 12/05/00 05:38:07
My Email:dhoward@surfsouth.com
favorite stranger song: ShakeDown
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I remember seeing Stranger everytime they came through Valdosta, Ga. Papa Joe's would be packed. I've got a photo album with pictures of the band on stage and I've still got thier first album on vinyl. Two hands with the eyes in the palms cover. I need to find someone with a turntable so I can get a copy on tape to listen to....
Sue - 08/05/00 14:01:02
favorite stranger song: Wild Turkey Trot, Play something I can dance to, on a clear blue morning, etc, etc.
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The first time I saw Stranger, I was a very young, naive, inexperienced 19 year old. A new friend from college said, you have to come with us, its Saturday. I asked her what she meant and she simply said Stranger, its Saturday, we have to go see Strange
. HELLO! 19th Street Mining Company, Mark Twain, Crown Liquor Lounge, all of those horrid places were heaven on earth. Thank you Stranger band, you entertained, educated, and liberated me. Thank you for showing me life. So much more to it than what's
n the surface.....
- 05/31/00 01:41:26
My Email:khartman@amerisure.com
favorite stranger song: A Romeo song called Crybaby, and too many other Stranger songs to name
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I first became hooked when a friend and I were out looking for a new place to go. We ended up at this place called Agora Ballroom in Tampa. The band playing was called Romeo and from the very first moment I saw them, I was hooked! Since that night, I i
troduced all of my friends to them and we used to travel everywhere to see them, Tampa, Daytona, Bradenton, Gainesville, Ormond Beach. Ronnie was always my favorite. My mom and dad, who had never seen them in person, but knew about them and knew their m
sic from hearing it in my room, just happened to be staying in the same hotel one weekend as the band was in Daytona. They saw Ronnie one afternoon and approached him, introduced themselves, showing him a picture of me so that he would know the connectio
. He was so nice to them! Put my mom and dad on the guest list at the Texan that nite and my mom and dad actually went and partied with the band!! Needless to say I couldn't believe it until I saw the pictures!! The first one they showed me was a pict
re of Ronnie standing there with his arm around my mom!!! So cool!!! He made quite an impression on my mom!From then on, whenever we saw Ronnie, he always asked about them. I was heartbroken the morning I heard what happened. In a way, as I think alot
of people who followed the band feel, when he died, it ended an era. He will always hold a special place in my heart.
Tammy G. - 05/01/00 05:20:37
My Email:Girldrmr12@aol.com
favorite stranger song: All of them
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...My name is Tammy Garvin, Ronnie's sister. I would like to thank Lisa for this dedication website to him and thank all of his wonderful fans who LOVED him so much. He was an awsome guitar player and the greatest brother anyone could ever dream of havi
g. I miss him dearly, and not a day that goes by, that I don't think of him. When he use to come home, he would come over and we would Jam together, I play the drums and he would rock out my family room!!! I wish I could get his first albumn back, someon
stole it out of my house and it was my favorite. But they can't steal my Love and memories that I have in my heart for Ronnie. I thank each and everyone of you who wrote something nice about him. He is with JESUS now, and I can't wait to see him again!!
! God Bless you ALL!!!
Tammy
Rick - 04/27/00 07:53:22
My Email:Riccster4@aol.com
favorite stranger song: Jackies so bad,Treat me like a fool, shake down ,ROCKAND ROLL YA BABY
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I first saw Stranger (formerally-Romeo) open for Triumph,and Saxon at the bayfront auditorium. Stranger ripped them up,in my eyes... i was a aspiring guitarist, just in a new band .... all i remember was Jackies so bad !!!! that melodic riff!! Our drummer
bought the VERY first album, i borrowwed it...."nobody is gonna treat me like a fool".. Man did Ronnie rip that solo !!! he has so much natural rhythm , in-born melody!! I voted him the best guitarist to guitar world for 2 years!!!My band did many stanger
songs through our high school years, and we seen them every chance we could,adventure island...even a skaking rink- astro!!!! Its been 15 years - im married-half grown kids, im heavy into home recording...
I here what i play, it has so many influences,,
and i hear Ronnie.. im honored! he is such a geat player, such taste and phrasing- Thank you Ronnie....support Damn the Torpedoes..............
Rick
Tina - 04/26/00 19:53:44
My Email:tegnatuk@yahoo.com
favorite stranger song: We were wrong,She Just Can't Get Enough, Any song Ronnie plays guitar on!!
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I couldn't posibly give just one stoyr. Being a "groupie" as people lovingly liked to call us, I was always there, up front in front of Ronnie. This grew into friendships which I truly cherish. Road trips around the state and Georgia were always a blas
! I made many friends with other fans! Greg drinking an entire bottle of Wild Turkey, Ronnie using the bottle to play his guitar, I'm am truly thankful for ALL my memories!
Dave - 04/18/00 23:24:37
My URL:http://www.kidridlyn.com
My Email:dbennage@aol.com
favorite stranger song: Let me Rock n Roll....and about everyone ever written!!!
Comments:
SRV, MALMSTEIN, VAI, EDDIE, Who are these guys????? There was only one Guitar hero for me,
Ronnie Garvin!! He was the heart and soul of the Stranger band. Seeing the band as many times as I had the pleasure of doing, I can say that no one loved the guitar the way Ronnie did. I can still see the smile and wink, and does everyone have a fender
pick with a bite mark in it? I dedicate my music and playing to him. Sitting around and crankin' up one of the Stranger CD's is always my way of preparing for a night of Rock n Roll! May Ronnie's memory live on forever.
ps. Thanks for the site!!!!!!!
BUCK HUNTER - 04/18/00 15:19:27
My Email:shelter1@usit.net
favorite stranger song: SWAMP WOMAN 3-D WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS ALL OF THEM
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STANGER WAS AND ALL WAYS WILL BE THE BEST. I LIVE IN COOKEVILLE TN. NOW BUT USED TO LIVE IN VALDOSTA GA. I USED TO PARTY WITH THE BAND EVERY TIME THEY CAME TO TOWN. MY BEST TIME WAS WHEN GREG LET ME SING SWAMP WOMAN WITH THE BAND ON MY BIRTHDAY. I CAN REM
MBER STANDING IN FRONT OF RONNIE EVERY NIGHT THEY WERE IN TOWN AND HED LAY THE TOP OF HIS GUITAR ON MY HEAD AND PLAY. HE WAS THE HOTTEST PICKER IVE EVER SAW.RONNIE WAS A GREAT GUY AND IT WAS VERY SAD THE DAY WE LOST HIM. HIS PICKING WILL ALWAYS BRING A SM
LE TO MY FACE AND THE MEMORIES OF HANGING OUT WITH THEM WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.WHEN I THINK OF ROCK N ROLL I THINK OF STRANGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HaZiE - 04/04/00 16:26:14
My URL:http://your here!
My Email:hazie123@hotmail.com
favorite stranger song: 3-d..I love them all
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it's my page so I have to be the first, my first stranger experience was Livestock 1. I had never heard of them before. My mom's boyfriend had seen them in miami for years before that...after that show,I was addicted!! I was only 16 so it was hard to see
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em in clubs and if I did I was Xed with a magic marker, the guys were always so nice.And after I turned 21, tom would hand me shots of tequilla, ew"of course I couldn't make a face" :)~