Heavy rock and originals band from South Baltimore. Original lineup featured Jim Rhine (lead vocals), Joe Arnold (guitar, vocals), Kevin Jenkins (guitar, vocals), Don Blair (bass), and Lenny Walls (drums ex-Dave Giles Band). Later members included Dave ‘Bird’ Murphy (keyboards, vocals ex-Polestar), Colin Clark (vocals), and Gil Jory (guitar, vocals ex-Polestar).

Menagerie circa 1981 L-R: Murphy, Walls, Arnold, Jory, Clark, Blair. Courtesy of Len Walls

Locally Menagerie performed at clubs throughout the mid-Atlantic including the Sandbar, Ted’s Lounge, Junior’s, Turf Club, Purple Moose… National tours took the group to clubs in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Texas.

Walls and Blair later with The Blitz…

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