Bob Sikora
Bob Sikora | |
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| Occupation | Businessman |
Bob Sikora is a restaurateur and businessman. He has also been involved in music management and once managed musician Ron Lowry in the 1970s.
Background
When Sikora was 10 years of age, he and his family moved to Arizona from Huntington, West Virginia. At the age of 15, Sikora dropped out of school and got work frying hamburgers at McDonald's on Central Avenue and Indian School Road. In addition to making burgers he cleaned the place from midnight to 6am. In 1959 at the age of 20, he got a small loan and along with his savings, he opened his own restaurant, Bob's Pancake House which was located near Camelback Road and 20th Street. For the next two years he worked there seven days a week until he sold the business and ran a few more. By 1964 he opened Magoos nightclub. Two years after that, he opened a 19,000-square-foot nightclub which became the legendary Mr. Lucky's. Located on Grand Avenue, the club had two different genres of music with country music upstairs and rock 'n' roll downstairs. Well-known acts such as Waylon Jennings, Glen Campbell and Willie Nelson played at the club.[1]
Music management
One music act that Sikora managed was Ron Lowry.[2] In the February 9, 1969 edition of the Arizona Republic, Ron Lowry (then called Butch Lowry) was said to be Bob Sikora's latest country-western discovery and was going to have a record out on the Dot label shortly. The Woody Starr song, "All Over Now",[3][4] was produced by Sikora. At the time, Lowry was appearing at Sikora's Mr Lucky's club.[5][6] In March, song he produced was released on Dot 45–17216.[7] That month it was getting played in Phoenix on KTUF and KRDS.[8] In June, Record World reported the song at #10 on the Ray L. Linn list for Radio WOLA in Jackson, Michigan.[9] Lowry would have success with the hit "Marry Me" in 1970.[10]
References
- ^ Azcentral.com, Nov. 2, 2017 - New Bobby-Q eatery has well-seasoned backstory
- ^ Record World, March 21, 1970 - Page 51 Nashville Report
- ^ Arizona Republic, Sunday, February 9, 1969 - Page 193
- ^ Arizona Republic, Saturday, March 14, 1970 - Page 152 Lowry's latest recording on national charts By SHARY MYARS
- ^ Cash Box, February 22, 1969 - Page 34b Dot Inks Butch Lowery
- ^ The Phoenix Sound: A History of Twang and Rockabilly Music in Arizona, By Jim West - 9 OTHER PICKERS, GRINNERS, ROCKABILLY SINGERS AND MORE
- ^ Discogs - Butch Lowry – It's All Over Now
- ^ Billboard, March 29, 1969 - Page 34 Radio-TV programming, Programming Aids, COUNTRY
- ^ Record World, June 7, 1969 - Page 51 record world, Country Disk Jockey Reports, RAY L. LINN, WOLA-Jackson, Michigan
- ^ Billboard - Chart History, Ron Lowry, Marry Me