iconic NYC music venues then and now

[marquee moon]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/iconic-nyc-music-venues-then-and-now

 

[marquee moon]

Does anyone know someone who spent any time in Studio 54?

 

[RJKarl]

I was never at Studio 54.

A band I produced played CBGB. I think they may have played The Bottom Line as well.

I've also been to Mudd, Palaidium and Ritz. I had some fun nights at Danceteria.

Limelight was wilder than wild in the mid-80s. They even had "private rooms" if you knew about them.

 

[marquee moon]

I was never at Studio 54.

A band I produced played CBGB. I think they may have played The Bottom Line as well.

I've also been to Mudd, Palaidium and Ritz. I had some fun nights at Danceteria.

Limelight was wilder than wild in the mid-80s. They even had "private rooms" if you knew about them.

which band?

 

[buckets]

my folks saw tons and tons of shows at the filmore east and electric circus

 

[RJKarl]

John Cadillac Blue Band- we also opened for John Mayall, The Nighthawks, Rick Danko/Paul Butterfield Band.

Here's something new our harp player (he's singing too) did:

https://myspace.com/dukesofdestiny/music/album/live-17824585

there's really good riff on this one:

https://myspace.com/dukesofdestiny/music/song/messin-with-the-kid-41828931-44390620

 

[jaybone]

I had been to a couple of those places:

Southpaw - saw Dan Bern there.
Brownies, I think I saw Galaxy 500 there
Bottom Line
Knitting Factory, I think I saw Buffalo Tom there
Wetlands
CBGBs - some shit band

 

[deacz]

Knitting Factory but no Village Vanguard?

Oh well, probably no one cares anyway.

 

[jaybone]

Where was Village Vanguard? Bleeker? If so, then I have.

 

[faxmachineanthem]

The Wetlands was the coolest place in the world for me and my friends as teenagers. It was pretty much all jambands. They had an upstairs stage and a basement stage where bands would play to like 10 fans. Robert Randolph and the Family Band was probably the most famous band I saw there. Ominous Seapods, Moon Boot Lover, moe. They were all cheesy bands but it was fun.

 

[Bubble Boy]

A golf buddy of mine (older than me) has told me tales of going to CBGBs straight from work in a suit during the 70s. Sounds like he saw many of the punk, new wave, art, etc bands of that era.

 

[diverdeac]

I went to the BottomnLine many times, palladium, limelight, and of course CBGB.

Also I went to Studion54 during the it time, definitely an experience

 

[WFU71]

Read last month that The Back Fence on Bleecker is closing this fall. The Village Gate is gone, Cafe Au Go Go long gone, but Cafe Wha? and The Bitter End are still operating. I spent many evenings in those joints from '66-'70.