Mike is also the Chair of the WERS Development Group and the Co-Chair of the Next Generation Water Summit. He engages in national and state-level advocacy and publishes regular content for Green Builder Media. “It was a wild time,” Stroehle said, looking back, “it was a really fun time.” Mike Collignon is the Executive Director of the Green Builder Coalition, an organization he co-founded in 2010. When The Draught House reopened after a flood and was looking for bands, the newly dubbed The Night People stepped up, and before long were the house band, playing for packed houses of over 1,000 people, and famously traveling to gigs in a renovated 1953 Packard hearse. The Beatles had exploded across America and the British Invasion was inspiring countless American teens to take up instruments and hit the stage, Stroehle and Dahms decided they were going to do the same, getting together with their friends, Pearson and Collignon to play covers at house parties and the YMCA. The Night People in 2017, in front of the former Draught House, then The Dock. They amassed a huge following, particularly after becoming the house band at the typically packed dive bar The Draught House, which ultimately evolved into The Dock restaurant on River Drive in Davenport.
The group got together as teenagers, playing covers of bands popular at the time, including the Beatles, Byrds, Kinks and Rolling Stones.
The group was inducted into the Iowa Rock ‘n’ Roll Music Association Hall of Fame in 2017, which was also the last time the original members had all reunited to play live. Stroehle had continued playing throughout the years, but he was best known for his work with the mega-popular local group The Night People, who formed in 1964 with Stroehle on keyboards and vocals, his cousin Rob Dahms on guitar and vocals, Dick Collignon on drums and Kenny White (later Gary Pearson) on bass. Can you believe that? A 75 year old lifelong musician had a liver still in perfect condition!” The other great news is they have already found a recipient for his liver. Mike Stroehle and Rob Dahms in 1965, during the heyday of The Night People.ĭuring his final 11 years.
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