Rhythm
Knights
Band
331 Years of Musical Experience on 1 Stage
Improv · Classic Rock · Country · Blues
Rhythm Knights Band was an improv classic-rock, country & blues cover band based in Flint, Michigan — established 1954. This site preserves the band’s recordings, history, and signature performances — including over 195 live videos and 17 archived 3D/VR180 sets.
Cory Bredow“Stick Trick King”Stick-Trick Originator
Cory invented many of his stick tricks before the internet existed — and some of his original tricks are still uncopied by any other drummer in the world to date.
Over 30+ Years and Counting — As the Unrivaled Absolute Best in the World, Holding the Longest Record Ever.
Long Live The King!
“When I learned, there was no internet or MTV to copy from. I challenged my own skillset because I got bored playing note-for-note to 3 albums a day, every day for over a decade in a basement — with my Harmony House subscription of 100+ cassette tapes.
Because I got bored doing the same moves every album, playing exactly what I heard ONLY. I decided to challenge my skills and said ‘this would look cool if…’ The rest is history.
There is not a single video in the world that has me playing drums without doing some sort of advanced trick — one that was not popular and out in that day before you saw me on video doing it. I caught so much hell for it that I learned how to accidentally fumble and flawlessly recover, just to keep the haters away.
I also invented internal LED lighted drums, Chaser Rims, my Graphic Heads, and the smoke-ring-blowing Bass Drum — which is why my first two originals were ‘It is what it is’ and ‘Stone Cold Pimp.’
I was a player who missed many everythings to be the absolute best at one thing.”
have copied his tricks, to date
(per the 2023 archive)
From the YouTube Archive
One of 195 live videos preserved on the band’s YouTube channel.
The Band
Five players. 331 combined years of stage experience.
Watch in VR
Step Onstage
17 performances captured in stereoscopic 3D / VR180 at 5.7K. Put on a Quest, a Pico, or any VR180-capable headset and stand inside the band — closer than the front row ever was.
Browse the VR Archive →Also Known As
Stone House
Stone House Band Flint
The same five players sometimes performed under the name Stone House Band Flint — usually at open-mic nights, or when lead guitarist Dale Gray was off the bill. Different marquee, same band. The Stone House Facebook page is preserved as part of the archive.
Rare Collectables
Every pair of sticks ever used on a Rhythm Knights Band or Stone House stage was hand-made by Cory — in batches of only 10 pairs per run (with a few select runs even smaller).
(a few runs smaller)
per batch
in Roman numerals
given out at shows only
Each run carried its own motto or slogan and the year stamped in Roman numerals. They were never sold — the only way to get one was to be at a show.
The earliest sticks were signed to individuals. Later runs were signed as a band. Cory very rarely signed a stick by himself.
“If a drumstick hits the dance floor, our band will sign it for you to keep.”
— From the 2022 archive