Don Lamb (3)

Born in Chicago, Ill. Family moved to San Francisco, Ca. in 1961. When he turned 10, he and his brother, would shine shoes, on Market St. and Union Square. They put their money together, to buy Don his first bass guitar, a 1963 Fender Precision. In the late 1960s, he was in several local bands: The Rhythm Raiders, Captain Crunch, The Psychedelic Mirage... After a stint in the U.S. Navy, he returned to music. In 1972, he started a band called Cornerstone. Played hard rock copy songs and started playing at the rock clubs Keystone Berkley, Keystone Palo Alto, Theaters, and outside gigs. In 1975 the name was changed to Cornerstone Street Punks. Adding local friend and neighbor, guitar player Rick Clare. Rick was still in high school at the time. They started to write songs, in a more new wave rock style. Using brick wall backgrounds, and garbage cans to hold the guitars. After winning several battle of the bands, they added drummer Ken Cimino, and in early 1976, added guitar player Tony Lourenco. They dropped Cornerstone from their name and became "Street Punks". Being one of the earliest bands to play The Fab Man in 1977. Their second gig at the mab was with The Damned from England. After the breakup of Street Punks, Don went on to perform in Lake Tahoe and Las Vegas with Paul Revere and the Raiders. Currently lives in Carson City, Nevada, where he works as the northern Nevada supervisor for Leroy's Sports Books.