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LakeArenal

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5. Hey Strange, welcome to DU
Thu Jan 25, 2018, 04:44 PM
Jan 2018

Deweys was a hole so it was amazing who played there. It was in a basement or some such. It was on Lake or Frances between Johnson and University. I am class of '74 so I must have been there in the early 70's Cheap Trick and Siegel Schwall played there many times. My friend who reminded me says he saw Rick Derringer there. The Faces played there before Rod. It hopped. I saw the Moodies there and even then I couldn't believe they played there. I think it closed before I graduated. Then the Stone Hearth closed in the 80's because of gang trouble. They tore Stone Hearth down to build some campus thing..

Funny you remember Bunkys. That was quite a bit later than Dewey's. My husband and I didn't meet there but we both worked there. The owner Jim Capadona wound up in a Federal Prison on drug charges. Quite a long stretch I believe. Ben Sidran played Bunkys a couple time. It sorta went bust because all the employees knew where the owner was headed. Clink...

It's fun to reminisce..

Did you appear in a group? Who was it? I probably saw you... Here's looking at you Strange...

Madison music history ? [View all] LakeArenal Jan 2018 OP
Headliners? vicman Jan 2018 #1
Yes I thought maybe the 500 block LakeArenal Jan 2018 #2
As it turns out the place I had in mind was LakeArenal Jan 2018 #3
Where was Dewey's strangedaysindeed Jan 2018 #4
Hey Strange, welcome to DU LakeArenal Jan 2018 #5
Also remember Merlyn's Still In Wisconsin Jan 2018 #6
Was it up by State St? LakeArenal Jan 2018 #7
Yup... 70's into early 80's. Still In Wisconsin Jan 2018 #8
A friend and I were just trying to remember that name... Thanks.. LakeArenal Jan 2018 #9
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