MIKE SUND
Mike Sund was born in 1944 and attended
Norfolk Junior
High and High School. He was
an exceptional athlete,
but soon turned his interest
to music.
Mike was an original member of several
Norfolk rock
bands, including David Lee
and the Continentals, The
Classics, Little
Joe and the Ramrods, and The
Redtops.
He was a gifted Rhythm and Blues
singer and
guitarist, and he started
many young musicians on
their way. Mike loved to dance,
and choreography
was always a high point of
his shows. His original
"Mike Sund Diamond Step" was
a standard stage move
in Norfolk. As Roger Volk,
of The Smoke Ring recalls,
"You could always spot Mike
on the dance floor, with
his red socks and trench coat.
He was one of a
kind." Jim Casey, also of
The Smoke Ring, added,
"Mike taught us how to be
cool."
Mike passed away in Omaha, at age
41