Steve Clark papers

Restrictions: Copyright remains with creator of item(s).

Summary: Steve Clark became a band member of the Young Raiders on October 25th, 1967, and continued performing on the road until October 23rd, 1977. Over this decade as a road musician, Clark served as the leader of the Young Raiders and the band’s later iterations. The Young Raiders began as a Topeka, Kansas, band known as the Dantes before signing with John Owen Brown’s Mid-Continent Entertainment. The group delt with large membership turnover. Clark’s ten years with the band was the longest tenure of any member with the group. The band left Mid-Continent Entertainment in 1971, rebranded and continued to perform through 1978. This collection contains a variety of materials from Steve Clark’s time as a road musician including audio recordings, clippings, photographs, posters, and other promotional and informational materials. Also included is a 2014 publication written by Steve Clark titled Old John Clark Road.

Scope and content: This collection contains a variety of materials from Steve Clark’s time as a road musician and band member of the group known as the Young Raiders, Waite, Peabody, or Southern Flavor. The collection is divided into five series: audio recordings, clippings, photographs, posters, promotional and informational materials, and publications. The audio recordings series has been organized first by material type then by chronological order and includes two grooved records, twenty-eight ¼ inch reel-to-reel tapes, and one ½ inch reel-to-reel tape. The material in the promotional and informational materials, photographs, publications, and clippings series have been rearranged into folders and follows the series order. Photographs include personal and professional shots. The posters have been collected and placed in oversized storage. The publications series contains a 2014 publication written by Steve Clark titled Old John Clark Road.

Contents: Contents include a South Dakota Rock and Roll 2018 Hall of Fame Induction program and an award presented to Steve Clark.
Photographs include The Red Dogs, multiple group photos of The Young Raiders, Johnny Neal (former lead singer with the Rising Suns/Young Raiders), multiple group photos of Southern Flavor, The Happy Medium, T.I.D.E., and Waite.
Band posters include The Red Dogs, The Young Raiders, Southern Flavor.
Publications in the collection include a April 2010 edition of Modern Drummer and a few undated programs advertising band performances, as well as newspaper clippings with band advertisements.

Accession #2026-009 is a copy of The Old John Clark Road by Steven Clark

Accession #2026-066 is a September 2, 2023 poster for John Brown and Young Raiders and a list of Young Raiders to Southern Flavor Membership (1967-1977, 2007-2025)

Finding Aids: See the digital finding aid for the Steve Clark papers here.