Post by jimmyrock on Oct 22, 2017 7:15:46 GMT -5
Glad they didn't 'burn this tape'
Found some interesting tidbits about Maxwells on Wiki. Anybody ever been? :
At a time when one of the Fallon siblings wanted to divest their interest in the business, Peter Buck (guitarist for R.E.M.) bought their piece to help his friend Steve Fallon keep it open as a resource for enthusiasts of new music.
When Fallon wanted completely out, he and his partners sold Maxwell's in December 1995 to William (Silverback) Sutton,who then turned it into a brewpub. Abramson,Steve Shelley (drummer of Sonic Youth) and Dave Post of the Amazing Incredibles and Swingadelic arranged to bring Maxwell's back, and renovated and reopened it on July 26, 1998.While some longtime patrons missed the more freewheeling Steve Fallon days, Maxwell's again became as vital a part of the independent music community as it was in the 1980s and 1990s.
Parts of the music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" were filmed at Maxwell's on May 28, 1985.The music video was directed by Hoboken resident John Sayles.
The video for the song "Away" by the Feelies, directed by Jonathan Demme, was recorded at Maxwell's in 1988. After a 17-year hiatus, the Feelies reunited to appear at Maxwell's in July 2008,and they made appearances again every July from 2009 through 2013.
While on tour supporting their debut album Bleach, Nirvana appeared at Maxwell's on July 13, 1989. Early in the day, before the show, photographer Ian Tilton took several pictures of the band around Hoboken while John Robb interviewed them for a Sounds front cover feature. The picture of frontman Kurt Cobain has since been used in dozens of magazines, newspapers and websites before and after his death.
very cool story...