NOTE FROM THE BAND – This event sold out way too far in advance, so we’ve booked The Town Ballroom for November 30 – tickets available now!
Never able to shake their high-school-era band name, Williamsville’s Wild Knights quickly became one of the region’s top drawing bands in the 1980’s and early 90’s, packing clubs like Nietzsche’s, The Tralf and The Country Club Skyroom for long evenings of music by The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, The Band and more.
Band members Mike Bellman, Joe Bellanti, Corey Kertzie, Mark Marsack and Dave Ruch have stayed active on regional and international stages since then, but performed together only occasionally.
“(Their) 165-minute set tickled a wall-to-wall crowd. The wide-open appeal of the Wild Knights was evident from the opening strains of ‘Memphis’ to the final ringing chords of ‘Jessica’ and ‘Blue Sky’” – Jim Santella, The Buffalo News, 1/30/1995
NOTE FROM DAVE: This is gonna be a blast! Thanks to the Sportsmen’s Tavern for suggesting the idea.