"City Livery Club The City Livery Club is a members-only club in the City of London which was established in June 1914. It is currently based at Bell Wharf Lane off Upper Thames Street, on a site by Southwark Bridge which overlooks the River Thames. The club was founded ""to bind together in one organisation liverymen of the various guilds in the bond of civic spirit, in service to the Ancient Corporation and in the maintenance of the priceless City Churches,"" and it serves primarily as a social and lunching club for those working in the City. While membership was"
"Hotel has gone through several incarnations, most recently as the Bull & Bush pub and One Kew Road restaurant. Crawdaddy Club The Crawdaddy Club was a music venue in Richmond, Surrey, England, which started in 1963. The Rolling Stones were its house band in 1963; they were followed by The Yardbirds. Several other seminal British blues and rhythm and blues acts also played there. Giorgio Gomelsky was a Georgian émigré who worked as an assistant film editor by day and a music promoter by night. He began in the jazz scene before starting the Piccadilly Club, a blues club in"
"having the facilities to film the band live at the club, he took them into the RG Jones recording studio in Wimbledon, one of the few independent studios in London at the time. Two songs were recorded and extra footage shot. As Giorgio was editing he got a call from Gay, who was writing his article, asking how to name the club. Giorgio, on the spur of the moment, inspired by ""Crawdad"" – the high point of The Stones' show, with a chorus of ""Hey, crawdaddy!"" - came up with ""The Crawdaddy"". Somewhat to his surprise and delight, a full"
"of the Station Hotel in suburban Richmond, he took over the back room which was little used since its jazz sessions had petered out. The name of the club derived from Bo Diddley's 1960 song ""Doing the Craw-Daddy"", which The Rolling Stones regularly performed as part of their set. In turn the club would inspire the name of the American music magazine ""Crawdaddy!"" Gomelsky's first house band was the Dave Hunt Rhythm & Blues Band whom he knew from the Piccadilly. Sometimes they used a young drummer called Charlie Watts, and for about six weeks in January-February 1963 their guitarist"
"performances. However, many London trad jazz clubs moved over to the style. In addition to the Roundhouse and the Marquee in central London, these included The Flamingo, the Crawdaddy Club, Richmond, where the Rolling Stones first began to gain attention, Klooks Kleek, The Ealing Club and the Eel Pie Island Hotel. Blues clubs were appearing in the capital at such a rate that in 1963 ""Melody Maker"" declared London ""The New Chicago!"". The scene soon began to spread out beyond London, particularly into East Anglia and the Midlands, with clubs in Norwich and Birmingham adopting the genre. Jazz bands also"
"On"". When The Stones became too big for small local clubs and went on tour, their residency at the Crawdaddy was taken over by another leading R & B group from nearby Kingston upon Thames, The Yardbirds, featuring Eric Clapton. Other artists who played at the club include Led Zeppelin, Long John Baldry, Elton John & Rod Stewart. The Crawdaddy Club also ran events at the same time at ""The Star Public House"" Broad Green, Croydon. The main band being The Yardbirds, but other bands from the Richmond Crawdaddy would visit and play. It hosted a lot of American R"
"Crawford Grill The Crawford Grill was a renowned jazz club that operated in two locations in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During its heyday in the 1950s and 60s, the second Crawford Grill venue hosted local and nationally-recognized acts, including jazz legends Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. The club, an important social gathering spot for Pittsburgh's African-American communities, drew devoted listeners from the region's ethnically and racially diverse population making it a rare site of interracial socializing during the civil rights period. The Crawford Grill was one of many"
"New York City. He was 81. Giorgio Gomelsky Giorgio Sergio Alessando Gomelsky (28 February 1934 – 13 January 2016) was a film maker, impresario, music manager, songwriter (as Oscar Rasputin) and record producer. He was born in Georgia, grew up in Switzerland, and later lived in the United Kingdom and the United States. He owned the ""Crawdaddy Club"" in London where The Rolling Stones were the house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their producer from the beginning through 1966. In 1967, he started"
"resurrected as a daily webzine. Effective August 5, 2011, visits began redirecting to the music website ""Paste"", which announced that ""Crawdaddy"" ""relaunches as a blog on Paste, where we’ll share stories from the Crawdaddy archives and publish new content on legacy artists"". Named after the legendary Crawdaddy Club in England at which the Rolling Stones played their first gig, ""Crawdaddy"" was started on the campus of Swarthmore College. Williams was a science fiction fan who at the age of 17 started mimeographing and distributing a collection of criticisms (at first mostly his own) about rock and roll music and musicians."
"The Crocodile The Crocodile (formerly The Crocodile Cafe, and sometimes called The Croc) is a music club at 2200 2nd Avenue at Blanchard Street in the neighborhood of Belltown in Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened as the ""Crocodile Cafe"" on April 30, 1991 by Stephanie Dorgan, it quickly became a fixture on the local music scene. It closed on December 15, 2007, and reopened on March 19, 2009. The venue's first show featured The Posies and Love Battery; the last, Robin Pecknold, J. Tillman, and David Bazan. During its initial 16-year run, the Croc hosted numerous well-known acts including Mudhoney,"
"Jockey Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey) The Jockey Club was a jazz club at 7 South North Carolina Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It was one of the oldest jazz venues in the city, operating from the 1920s. According to author Michael Pollock it was ""home to mellow jazz musicians and tired prostitutes"". ""Guitarist Pat Martino notes that Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell would frequently play at the club. It was at the Jockey Club that he had first seen Jimmy Smith with Charles Earland. The Jockey Club was destroyed by a fire in September 1982; the"
"Red Dog Saloon (Virginia City, Nevada) The Red Dog Saloon is a bar and live music venue located in the isolated, old-time mining town of Virginia City, Nevada which played an important role in the history of the psychedelic music scene. Folk music enthusiast Mark Unobsky bought the old Henry Comstock house in Virginia City, and decided to open a folk club together with Chandler A. Laughlin III (1937-2012), a one-time folk club owner, and Don Works in the early 1960s. In April 1963, Chandler established a kind of family identity among approximately fifty people who attended the traditional, all-night"
"Troubadour (West Hollywood, California) The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, United States, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills. It was opened in 1957 by Doug Weston as a coffee house on La Cienega Boulevard, then moved to its current location shortly after opening and has remained open continuously since. It was a major center for folk music in the 1960s, and subsequently for singer-songwriters and rock. The Troubadour played an important role in the careers of Elton John, Guns N' Roses, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, the"
"test recording took place at the Star Hotel in Croydon. Biographer Alan Clayson places the December 7 performance at ""Crawdaddy Star Hotel, Croydon"". Gomelsky, who ran the Richmond Crawdaddy Club, also operated the room at the Star Hotel, ""presumably with the intention of building a Crawdaddy 'circuit'"". In a retrospective review for AllMusic, Unterberger gave the album three out of five stars. He notes that Sonny Boy Williamson sings well and that the album should be seen as a Williamson release ""in the manner of the sides the Beatles cut in Hamburg supporting Tony Sheridan."" He describes the Yardbirds' and"
"focused on black history in Pennsylvania. In attendance were Pittsburgh councilman Sala Udin, the building's owner, William ""Buzzie"" Robinson, and the owner of the Crawford Grill business, Keith Ferris. Crawford Grill The Crawford Grill was a renowned jazz club that operated in two locations in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During its heyday in the 1950s and 60s, the second Crawford Grill venue hosted local and nationally-recognized acts, including jazz legends Art Blakey, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and Kenny Burrell. The club, an important social gathering spot for Pittsburgh's African-American communities, drew devoted"
"in danger of closing due to structural issues with their original building, moved to a newly renovated building at 5201 S. Harper Court in Hyde Park. Several years after moving, the club experienced declining attendance and it closed its doors in 2015, after the death of L.C. Thurman. During the club's existence, it frequently hosted musical acts including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Magic Slim and Vance Kelly. Checkerboard Lounge The Checkerboard Lounge was an historic blues nightclub located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It was established in 1972, at 423 E. 43rd St., by L.C. Thurman and"
"club had been closed for years and was reopened in May 1982. Jockey Club (Atlantic City, New Jersey) The Jockey Club was a jazz club at 7 South North Carolina Avenue in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States. It was one of the oldest jazz venues in the city, operating from the 1920s. According to author Michael Pollock it was ""home to mellow jazz musicians and tired prostitutes"". ""Guitarist Pat Martino notes that Jimmy Smith and Kenny Burrell would frequently play at the club. It was at the Jockey Club that he had first seen Jimmy Smith with Charles Earland."
"Paulo, (2015), These clubs listed here do not necessarily meet the criteria for the spacial definition of a ""superclubs"" but are included for their significant cultural importance: Peppermint Lounge, (1958) and (1980), UFO Club, London (1960's), The Loft, New York City, (1970), The Warehouse, Chicago, (1977), Mudd Club, New York, (1978), Billy's London (1978), Blitz Club, London, (1979), Pyramid Club, New York, (1979), Club 57, New York, (1979), Camden Palace, London, (1982), The Batcave, London (1982), Taboo, London, (1985), The World, New York, (1986), Kinky Gerlinky, London, (1989), Vague Club. Leeds, (1993) B 018, Beirut, (1994). Cream, Gatecrasher and Pacha"
"swing dancing, which launched the careers of modern swing bands such as Big Bad Voodoo Daddy and Johnny Crawford. Oregon rock/swing/ska band the Cherry Poppin' Daddies recorded a song that cites the venue, titled ""Brown Derby Jump"", on their album ""Zoot Suit Riot"". The Derby was prominently featured in the 1996 film Swingers, in the scene where Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn's characters bypass the line at the front door, enter through the service entrance, walk through the kitchen, and into the club where Big Bad Voodoo Daddy are playing on the stage, in an ode to the classic restaurant"
"time, ""Manchester, England"". Funkademia was started by DJ and promoter David Payne at The Boardwalk in 1995 and has since gone on to be Manchester's longest running club night, currently at the Mint Lounge. Boardwalk (music club) The Boardwalk nightclub was located on Little Peter Street in Manchester, England. This medium-sized club and rehearsal studios, owned by David, Colin and Donald Sinclair was a popular live music venue in the late 1980s and early 1990s where bands such as Oasis and Northside made their live debuts. Along with other clubs like the Haçienda, and the International, the Boardwalk provided an"
"in Berkeley during 1965 and provided much of the LSD that became a part of the ""Red Dog Experience"". At the saloon, The Charlatans were the first psychedelic rock band to play live on LSD. Today the venue features Open Mic on Wednesday evenings and live performances on the weekends. Red Dog Saloon (Virginia City, Nevada) The Red Dog Saloon is a bar and live music venue located in the isolated, old-time mining town of Virginia City, Nevada which played an important role in the history of the psychedelic music scene. Folk music enthusiast Mark Unobsky bought the old Henry"
"immediate family has been immense."" Paul Williams (journalist) Paul S. Williams (May 19, 1948 – March 27, 2013), born in Boston, Massachusetts, was an American music journalist and writer. While briefly enrolled at Swarthmore College, Williams created "":Crawdaddy!"", the first national US magazine of rock music criticism, in January 1966 with the help of some of his fellow science fiction fans (he had previously produced science fiction fanzines). The first issue was ten mimeographed pages written entirely by Williams. He left the magazine in 1968 and reclaimed the title in 1993, but had to end it in 2003 due to"
"The Rathskeller The Rathskeller (known as The Rat for short) was a legendary live music venue in Boston, Massachusetts that was open from 1974 to 1997. A dimly-lit, gritty establishment, the Rathskeller was considered the ""granddaddy"" of Boston rock venues. During its heyday, the Rat hosted such acts as the Cars, Pixies, Metallica, Powerman 5000, the Dead Kennedys, The Ramones, Talking Heads, R.E.M., The Motels, and The Police. From 1980 to 1987, The Hoodoo BBQ—which ""Esquire"" called one of the ""100 Best Restaurants in America""—was located at The Rat. In the 1960s it had been a restaurant and bar catering"
"played. It was known as Voodoo Card Club. The Voodoo Lounge reopened as a cafe, bar and music venue in April 2013. ""Voodoo Lounge"" is also a 1994 album by the Rolling Stones. The Voodoo Lounge The Voodoo Lounge is a Dublin city club and music venue, based on Arran Quay in the Smithfield region near Dublin City Center. A mainly rock-based venue, it also plays host to internationally touring metal, punk and dance acts. Like the nearby The Dice Bar, it was owned by Huey Morgan, singer for New York band The Fun Lovin' Criminals. This is said, by"
"later to Uvalde Caperton, though Cannon stayed on as a manager. The original club was destroyed by an explosion and fire in May 1948. Caperton owned the club until 1957, when it closed. In 1969, Preddy put in a club with Margie Elliot called the Playhouse Lounge at the location. They were unable to obtain a gaming license and after a year, sold the business. It reopened from 1970 to 1985 as ""Love's Cocktail Lounge"". Cotton Club (Las Vegas) The Cotton Club was a club at 500 Jackson St. in the West Side of Las Vegas, Nevada, which was an"
"Big Daddy Carlos Carlos Adley (born in Los Angeles, California), more commonly known as Big Daddy Carlos, is a philanthropist, Hollywood & Las Vegas nightlife impresario, music venue owner, restaurateur, promoter, musician, TV producer and owner of the Hollywood restaurant and ultra-lounge La Velvet Margarita Cantina and Downtown Las Vegas's largest live music venue, Fremont Country Club, (located in the Fremont East Entertainment District) and its adjoining rock 'n' soul bar Backstage Bar & Billiards, which was voted Best Local/Alternative Music Venue in the Las Vegas Review-Journal's 2014 Best of Las Vegas. Most recently, he and his wife, Ava Berman,"
"Chains featuring rare photos, limited-edition merchandise, memorabilia and music gear that showcased the band's 30+ year career. The admission was free. The Crocodile Cafe is referenced by Canadian singer-songwriter Mae Moore in the song ""Fine"" from her 1995 'Dragonfly' LP. Scenes from the 1995 film ""Georgia"" starring Jennifer Jason Leigh were shot at the venue. The Crocodile The Crocodile (formerly The Crocodile Cafe, and sometimes called The Croc) is a music club at 2200 2nd Avenue at Blanchard Street in the neighborhood of Belltown in Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened as the ""Crocodile Cafe"" on April 30, 1991 by Stephanie"
"musician. His regular appearances at Asbury Park's Fennimore Hotel, the Catskill's Shady Hill Lodge, Waverly Hotel, Providence's Seventh Veil, Boston's Club Zahra, Atlantic City's Jockey Club, Philadelphia's Middle East Restaurant and the Yaas, New York's Pasha's, Arabian Nights, Grecian Palace, Britania, Darvish, Fez, Port Said, Cafe Feenjon, the Casbah and the Roundtable. Chick headlined and managed the entertainment at the Roundtable from 1960 to 1969. Considered the premier Middle Eastern night club in the country, it bore little resemblance to the Eighth Avenue clubs. Once a high-society, posh Upper East Side night-club, by the late 1950s its popularity had declined."
"note emerging in the international music scene to Dublin. The opening night of Soundtrack 08 saw Midnight Juggernauts and Late of the Pier feature in a double bill in Crawdaddy. Hip Hop luminaries, Public Enemy performed their seminal album, ""It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back"" (which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year) at Tripod. The producers of this genre defining release, The Bomb Squad played support as did Cadence Weapon who is at the forefront of the next generation of hip hop greats. In a club show, Sydney collective Bang Gang DJs played Crawdaddy. The following"
"Giorgio Gomelsky Giorgio Sergio Alessando Gomelsky (28 February 1934 – 13 January 2016) was a film maker, impresario, music manager, songwriter (as Oscar Rasputin) and record producer. He was born in Georgia, grew up in Switzerland, and later lived in the United Kingdom and the United States. He owned the ""Crawdaddy Club"" in London where The Rolling Stones were the house band, and he was involved with their early management. He hired The Yardbirds as a replacement and managed them. He was also their producer from the beginning through 1966. In 1967, he started Marmalade Records (distributed by Polydor), which"
"Sheridan Square Playhouse The Sheridan Square Playhouse was an Off-Broadway theatre in New York City that was active from 1958 through the early 1990s. Closed as a theatre in 1996, the theatre was located at 99 7th Avenue South in Greenwich Village. Prior to being a theatre, the building was host to ""The Nut Club"", a famous nightclub frequented by people such as Lionel Barrymore, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, and Mae West. The building was originally built as a garage, on the foundations of a church demolished in 1917 for the construction of the IRT 7th Avenue line. The Sheridan"
"Melody Inn (nightclub) The Melody Inn (also known as The Mel) is a bar and live music club in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is estimated that over 7,000 bands and musical acts have played the Melody Inn since 2001. The Melody Inn opened in 1935 as a piano bar. It was owned by Lou Swain. In the 1980s, the Melody Inn served lunch and dinner. In 2001, it was purchased by Dave Brown and Rob Ondrish, both whom had never run their own business before owning the bar. Ondrish worked at the Melody Inn in"
"Melody Inn (nightclub) The Melody Inn (also known as The Mel) is a bar and live music club in the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It is estimated that over 7,000 bands and musical acts have played the Melody Inn since 2001. The Melody Inn opened in 1935 as a piano bar. It was owned by Lou Swain. In the 1980s, the Melody Inn served lunch and dinner. In 2001, it was purchased by Dave Brown and Rob Ondrish, both whom had never run their own business before owning the bar. Ondrish worked at the Melody Inn in"