Posted on 03/08/2005 6:36:50 AM PST by itsamelman
I've always found it hysterical that my FATHER actually went to both Studio 54 and the Limelight with business associates. My dad is too Cheney-esque for that scene.
My aunt was a regular at Max's back in the early 70s, the only place that appreciated British glitter rock.
As a life long NYC musician I can tell you that the music scene in NYC is DARD. This is just the final nail in the coffin.The etown is over run with Hip Hop bulls^it discos and crack heads. Except for Bleecker st there are hardly and LIVE venues left in town Our "wonderfull" mayor decided that cigaretts are not allowed in clube so that hut an already hurting business. What a shame this all is .I've had some of the best gigs and times at CB's over the years .
meant DEAD...dont have my glasses handy ..sorry
I think, however, that it simply reflects a change in musical tastes. There aren't any grunge clubs here in Seattle, after all and only two rather small clubs that have live bands. I happen to like electronica/techno and much of the Latin sound (merengue and samba/neoBossa Nova, not that Bachato sh-t the Doms like to blast out of their apartments). Hip-hop on the other hand needs to go.
Well, I guess its time to put on Rocket to Russia or The Dictators.
Max's was THE place..It's never been as good since those days..
NY STOPPED being a rock n roll town 15 years ago..Been on the fast decline ever since..There used to be a scene , a vERY cool , musical , creative scene. Musicians could actually make a few buck s on top of it.Now the clubs all want FREE bands . The few good places left are Kenny's, Terra Blues and The Bitter End on Bleecker . The rest of the city's gone to hell.Bloomberg has a lot to do with the decline of live music too. He sucks to put it bluntly.Last summer he had the cops raid Bleecker st for weeks , shutting down clubs for noise, crouds, cigaretts , anything they could bust them on. The reality is he wants to have condos built on the block .More $$$ for him .
Is the Cafe Wha? (sp?) still around. I spent many an underage night there back in the day.
Yea , thats still there.Very expensive and vERY commercial now. Nothing new or innovative happining there at all. Tourist trade mostly.
Café Wha was a joke. A basement dump with a legitimate claim to fame that Jimi Hendrix got a career boost there. James Taylor's friends the "Flying Machine" (Danny Kortchmar) were often there. I never even set foot in it. Only place I patronized, and have fond memories of, was the Café Au Go Go where the Blues Project was the unofficial house band. Also the Anderson Theater which became the Filmore East. Saw the last incarnation of Yardbirds there with Jimmy Page using a violin bow on his guitar. Saw Hendrix too stoned to the gills on LSD it seemed. 3 times he played the opening riffs of Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" as a goof. Yuk yuk yuk
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