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SRO has been around in various forms when it started as a band called The Scantrons (Jerry Ridgeway, Rob Lovell, Adam Burkett, Bill Kyger, with Wayne Lovell and Kelly May). The band took some twists and turns with various musicians and today is one of the Valley's favorites (one of 3 finalist as the DNR's Best of the Valley bands in 2024, 2025 and 2026!). Kelly May Greene is one of the original members and has come full circle and brings her sultry blues voice on the stage to really make the sound so much better!! SRO continues to add new and great songs to our song portfolio, including several originals written and recorded by Crystal Armentrout, our lead guitar player and co-lead singer. We are also thrilled that Crystal Armentrout was voted as the Best Individual Performer in the DNR's 2024 Best of the Valley and among top 3 in 2025 and 2026!! Being around for 25 years, SRO has become a fan favorite playing at a variety of venues across the Valley. Please consider SRO for your musical event needs and let us ROCK you and your friends and clients away with some of the very BEST music from Virginia's beautiful Shenandoah Valley. (By the way- we have special rates and song portfolios for weddings, anniversaries, and corporate events). Go to contact section to inquire about booking SRO, or go to the SRO Calendar section for contact names and cell numbers. Check out our group below:
Bill May (Drums)Bill May (drums), an original member of SRO, hails from Singers Glen, Virginia. Bill is into collecting classic cars and loves to work on bodies, auto-bodies that is. Bill has been playing music for a long time- a REALLY long time!!!!! He is also Kelly's dad!
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Crystal Armentrout (Lead Guitar/Vocals)) Nashville recording artist, Crystal Armentrout (lead guitar/vocals) and SRO's newest member, is a red hot guitar player and brings along with her hot guitar licks and rich vocals that compliment the band's other vocal talents. Crystal's musical roots are deeply seeded in the Shenandoah Valley and she continues to play with several other artists and bands locally, including two duet groups, one with SRO's own Kelly May and the other with one of her best buddies, and sometimes SRO guest, Kevin Chisnell, who btw, is a great harp player and singer! When he's on stage with SRO it's a show that you do not want to miss! Crystal is widely known and is highly respected among music enthusiasts and players throughout western Virginia and brings her gritty guitar playing abilities and her rich soulful voice to SRO, along with her talented music writing skills. Crystal was voted by the readers of the Daily News Record the 2024 Valley's Best Individual Performing Artist and a finalist in 2025's survey. SRO is now blessed with what we believe are the two best female vocalists in the Valley!!! Couple that with Rob's soulful voice and you have the makings of some tremendous vocals for the songs you have loved and continue to love on SRO's song portfolio.
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Kelly May Greene (Vocals)Kelly May Greene (vocals), who has one of the best, if not the absolute best, voices in the Shenandoah Valley. She is known in many circles and has been involved in several music projects throughout her performing career. Kelly May Greene is one of the original members and has come full circle and brings her sultry blues voice on the stage to really make the sound so much better!! She is the heart and the soul of SRO!! If you're a fan of almost any contemporary female vocalist from Stevie Nicks to LInda Rondstadt, you're going to absolutely fall in love with Kelly May!! She brings that soulful, sultry voice to the stage every performance!
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Rob Lovell (Guitar/Vocals)Rob Lovell (rhythm guitar), possesses a great soulful voice. He also is a "State Champion" girls basketball coach . He is one of the original members of SRO. Rob has also just recently retired from his teaching and coaching gig at TAHS so now is applying his coaching skills with the band-(man oh man- we hate those crab crawls and exercise drills!!!!). He's the glue that has helped SRO be around for twenty-five years. We are so lucky that fate brought he and his wife to the Valley. Combine his voice with Kelly's and Crystal's and you have high powered vocals swooning from the stage that moves your feet to the dance floor.
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Bill Kyger (Bass Guitar)Bill Kyger (bass guitar) dabbled in politics on the side, while being a full time teacher at TAHS and is now fully retired from those endeavors. He has been playing the bass since he was 12 years old. He has been involved with several local bands over the years, with SRO being his latest project. He is the "grandfather" of the band and brings those smooth and warm bass notes from the 60' s and 70's to SRO's lineup when he and his lovely bride are not traversing the country in their RV. Bill's roots are vested in Bridgewater, Virginia and the Central Shenandoah Valley and like his cousin, P.L. Kyger, he can lay down a "mean bottom sound" with those heart thumping bass notes song after song, gig after gig! Like the words from "Dance To The Music"... "I'm gonna add some bottom, so the dancers just won't hide..."
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Above from left to right: Bill Kyger (Bass guitar), Crystal Armentrout (Lead guitar and vocals), Bill May (Drums), Kelly May Greene (Lead Vocals and Tamborine Specialist), and Rob Lovell (Rhythm guitar and vocals).
