Origin: Indianapolis, IN, USA
The origins of this Indianapolis group can be traced all the way back to the late 50s when school chums Ron Matelic (guitar) and John Medvescek (drums) decided they wanted to get into music and form a rock band. During their third year of high school, they met Joe Stout (bass), Don Basore (keyboards) and Gary Crawford (guitar) and formed their first ensemble, a surf combo they named the Illusions in 1963. By 1964, the British invasion was hitting the U.S. hard, so they decided to start playing that style of rock and changed their name to the U.K. sounding Sir Winston & The Commons. It was also…