STRATA – Layers of Rock History
Our three-fold philosophy:
1) Every song must be dance-able!
2) Play the songs as close as possible to the original, the songs are tied to people’s emotions and memories!
3) Cover as many artists as possible and thereby be able to honor many requests for a certain band/artist!
STRATA will get you moving right from the start with great hits from rock and roll’s amazing history (50’s thru current). Our tight and energetic shows get the crowd involved and bring rave reviews from those in attendance. If you love to sing along, dance, or just watch the show STRATA is the band you’ll want to hire for your event!
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We had gone to a small event to preview Strata. They were good and sang the kind of music we thought we would like for our venue. Strata was easy to work with, responded quickly to concerns, and played the playlist we chose from their selection. Last night they rocked our clubhouse keeping the dance floor FULL with every single song! I have been getting texts all morning long how this was the best band we have EVER had at one of our 22 years of dances. I will definitely use them again and encourage people to book them (but not when I want them--hahaha)!
Response from Strata:
Thank you so much for your review Val! We had an awesome time at your venue and we hope to play for you again soon.
We are so glad we chose Strata for our Band for our Party / family reunion. Bud was very good communicating before the event and made me feel at ease about the entertainment. We loved that we could chose the songs from a list! Everyone at the party really enjoyed that we had such a great group and complimented how it enhanced the atmosphere at the event. Honestly they are worth way more than they charge. They were all very great performers and really made our party special. Our food service ran super late for the meal but they took it all in stride and made the necessary cuts to stay on track and even stayed late to try to get a few extra songs in. We really appreciated it. I would totally book them again in a heartbeat and will definitely try to see them performing live again at a public event :)
We hired Strata to play at our Company Holiday Party last Saturday and they were amazing. Song selection had everyone’s attention and the Sound was amazing. We also had many compliments from our staff after the event.
Strata was so fantastic. They sent us their songs and we got to choose ones we wanted them to play. Bud, the lead singer is so communicative and and the rest of the band was friendly and so lovely too! Everyone had a wonderful time at my mother's 70th birthday!
We had Strata perform at our club’s 111th anniversary. Wow what an amazing band! A bonus that they let you choose what songs we wanted for each set. The energy and interaction with the crowd was just what the club needed to get us off our seats! Friendly band members and what a great and easy experience during the booking process. Definitely would recommend Strata for any of your events! I know we will be booking them again.
Price Range: $400 - $2500
Gig Length: 60 - 240 minutes
Languages: English
STRATA likes to get the crowd involved via singing and dancing. Our high energy music will take you down memory lane as we play one hit after the another.
STRATA – Layers of Rock History
STRATA’s three-fold philosophy:
1) Every song must be dance-able!
2) Play the songs as close as possible to the original…the songs are tied to people’s emotions and memories!
3) Cover as many artists as possible and thereby be able to honor many requests for a certain band/artist!
STRATA gets you moving right from the start with great hits from rock and roll’s amazing history (50’s thru current). Our tight and energetic shows get the crowd involved and bring rave reviews from those in attendance. If you love to sing along, dance, or just watch the show STRATA is the band you’ll want to (see, hire)!
STRATA requires a minimum stage area of approximately 15'x24'. Sound equipment and lighting is included in price.
| June 01, 2024 • 6:00pm - 9:00pm | Personal Occasion |
| May 27, 2023 • 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Reunion |
| January 21, 2023 • 7:00pm - 11:00pm | Corporate Event |
| December 17, 2022 • 7:30pm - 11:00pm | STRATA Live at Cooper's Corner |
| November 12, 2022–November 13, 2022 • 8:30pm - 12:00am | STRATA Live at Manhattan's |
| November 11, 2022–November 12, 2022 • 8:00pm - 12:00am | Lockport Moose Lodge |
| October 21, 2022 • 7:30pm - 11:00pm | STRATA Live at Cooper's Corner |
| September 25, 2022 • 1:30pm - 4:30pm | Indian Head Park Car Show 2022 |
| September 16, 2022–September 17, 2022 • 8:30pm - 12:00am | STRATA Live at Manhattan's |
| September 09, 2022 • 6:30pm - 9:00pm | STRATA Live at Roselle Cruise Night |
| September 02, 2022 • All-day event | Private Party |
| August 20, 2022 • 7:30pm - 11:00pm | STRATA Live at Cooper's Corner |
| August 05, 2022–August 06, 2022 • 8:00pm - 12:00am | Lockport Moose Lodge |
| July 22, 2022–July 23, 2022 • 8:30pm - 12:00am | STRATA Live at Manhattan's |
| July 15, 2022 • 8:00pm - 10:00pm | Birthday Party |
| July 04, 2022 • 1:00pm - 4:00pm | Private Party |
| June 17, 2022 • 7:30pm - 11:00pm | STRATA Live at Cooper's Corner |
| June 10, 2022 • 6:30pm - 9:00pm | STRATA Live at Roselle Cruise Nights |
| May 14, 2022–May 15, 2022 • 8:30pm - 12:00am | STRATA Live at Manhattan's |
| May 07, 2022–May 08, 2022 • 8:00pm - 12:00am | Anniversary Party |
409-Beach Boys (1962)
96 Tears-? & The Mysterians (1966)
A Whiter Shade of Pale-Procol Harem (1967)
All Right Now-Free (1970)
Authority Song-John Mellencamp (1983)
Bad Case of Loving You-Robert Palmer (1978)
Bad Moon Rising-CCR (1969)
Beatles Medley (I Saw Her Standing There, Boys, Hippy Hippy Shake, Rock and Roll Music) (1960’s)
Because-Dave Clark Five (1964)
Bend Me Shape Me-American Breed (1967)
Birthday-Beatles (1968)
Black Is Black (1966)
Boom Boom-John Lee Hooker (1961)
Born To Be Wild-Steppenwolf (1968)
Bring It On Home To Me-Same Cooke (1962)
Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison (1967)
California Sun-Rivieras (1964)
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You-Frankie Valli (1967)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love-Queen (1980)
Crocodile Rock-Elton John (1973)
Devil With The Blue Dress On-Mitch Ryder (1966)
Everything Is Broken-Kenny W. Shepherd (1997)
For Your Love-Yardbirds (1965)
Funky Broadway-Wilson Pickett (1967)
Get Ready-Rare Earth (1970)
Gimme All Your Lovin’-ZZ Top (1983)
Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'-Crazy Elephant (1969)
Gimme Some Lovin'-Spencer Davis Group (1966)
Gimme Three Steps-Lynyrd Skynyrd (1973)
Gloria-Shadows of Knight (1966)
Good Golly Miss Molly-Mitch Ryder (1966)
Good Lovin'-Rascals (1966)
House of the Rising Sun-Animals (1964)
I Fought The Law-Bobby Fuller Four (1964)
I Got A Line On You-Spirit (1968)
It’s All Over Now-Rolling Stones (1964)
Johnny B. Goode-Chuck Berry (1958)
Kansas City-Wilbert Harrison (1959)
Keep On Dancing-Gentrys (1965)
Keep Your Hands To Yourself-Geo. Satellites (1986)
Kicks-Paul Revere & the Raiders (1966)
Let It Be Me-Everly Brothers (1960)
Let's Dance-Chris Montez (1962)
Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go-Hank Ballard (1960)
Light My Fire-Doors (1967)
Lights-Journey (1978)
Little Bit O’ Soul-Music Explosion (1967)
Little Sister-Elvis Presley (1961)
Long Cool Woman-Hollies (1971)
Long Train Runnin’-Doobie Brothers (1973)
Look At Little Sister-Stevie Ray Vaughan (1984)
Midnight Confessions-Grass Roots (1968)
Mony Mony-Tommy James & the Shondells (1968)
Mustang Sally-Wilson Pickett (1966)
My Girl-Temptations (1964)
Old Time Rock and Roll-Bob Seger (1979)
Paycheck-Jon Pardi (2016)
Pretty Woman-Roy Orbison (1964)
Put Your Head On My Shoulders-Paul Anka (1960)
Rockin’ Pneumonia & the…-Johnny Rivers (1972)
Runaround Sue-Dion & the Belmonts (1961)
Runaway-Del Shannon (1961)
Secret Agent Man-Johnny Rivers (1966)
Some Kind of Wonderful-Grand Funk (1967)
Soul Man-Sam & Dave (1967)
Steppin’ Stone-Monkees (1966)
Temptation Eyes-Grass Roots (1970)
The House Is Rockin’-Stevie Ray Vaughan (1989)
The Last Time-Rolling Stones (1965)
Them Changes-Buddy Miles (1970)
Time Won't Let Me-Outsiders (1966)
Tulsa Time –Eric Clapton (1978)
Twist & Shout-Beatles (1963)
Use Me-Bill Withers (1972)
Vehicle-Ides of March (1970)
Venus-Shocking Blue (1969)
Walk Away-James Gang (1971)
Werewolves of London-Warren Zevon (1978)
What’s Goin’ On-Marvin Gaye (1971)
Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On-Jerry L. Lewis (1964)
Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton (1977)
You Wreck Me-Tom Petty (1994)
| Bud Carlson | Lead Vocals & Percussion |
| George Skulavik | Guitars & Vocals |
| Tony Heredia | Drums & Vocals |
| Alex Falls | Keyboards & Vocals |
| Jim Kuehm | Bass Guitar |
Beatles, Stones, Grass Roots, Elvis, Roy Orbison, Motown, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Doobie Brothers, ZZ Top, Bob Seger, & more!
Nothing required other than minimum staging area of 15'x24'.
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