Name: Band of OZ
Start: 2025-10-03T17:00:00-04:00
Location: 715 Lynchburg Moose Lodge

The Band of Oz is coming to Lynchburg Moose Lodge 715
2307 Lakeside Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24501
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
Doors open at 5pm band at 7pm
434 385-5203 for Tickets and Information
Tickets available at the door.
This Event is Open to the Public
https://bandofoz.com/
A Carolina Tradition for 50 Years
In the mid sixties the group known as Band of Oz had its humble beginnings in eastern North Carolina (Grifton) . It was a bunch of grammar and junior high school guys (because no one was old enough to drive) being hauled around in Ray Houston’s Chevy station wagon pulling a little red trailer. The group at that time was called The Avengers.
As the mid sixties would have it the band was a guitar and keyboard group playing the sock hops at area schools, private parties and an occasional club whenever the owner would risk having them. The later part of the sixties saw the group bring in a horn section which brought a big change in the music. Freddy Tripp (Band of Oz, Dynamic Upsetters, Embers, Shakers, Breeze Band, etc.) and Jimmy Smith were the first horn players. Until the name change around 1970 three members of the group had remained the same Johnnie Byrd, Buddy Johnson and Keith Houston.