My Father's Place ?
I saw some of my most memorable shows there. I only found the same info as you did about Bellmore. Eppy announced the opening of only the Roslyn location. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/li-venue-my-fathers-place-which-hosted-ramones-springsteen-more-to-reop... https://m.facebook.com/mfproslynhotel/ |
took a closer look at MFP at Roslyn Hotel......a nice line-up of shows . Buster Pondexter .Livingston Taylor ( sold out ) .Roomful of Blues .Robert Gordon .John Hammond .Garland Jeffreys .Zebra .Spyro Gyra .NRBQ .McCoy Tyner .The Blasters .Brewer and Shipley .Marshall Crenshaw .Richie Furay .Stanton Anderson Band .Kerry Kearney .Peter Yarrow a few blasts from the past.......some bands I saw at the old MFP... Roomful of Blues,Robert Gordon,Brewer and Shipley.. and Stanton Anderson a few times at Speaks in Island Park,and Zebra with metal head friend and stood way to close to speakers. News to me ....googled Speaks and found out it was previously called for a short time The Rock Pile, but more intriguing, before the Rock Pile,was called the Action House....from mid 60s to early 70s. omg you have to see some of the bills........Freak Out w/ Timothy Leary,Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground,The Mothers of Invention,The Fugs,The Exploding Plastic Inevitable,The Ronettes,the Shangri-Las and much more A Psychadelic Experience ( their spelling )........Dec.4th 1966 . Then a bunch more shows The Young Rascals and Mitch Ryder together on same bill 1966...... The Blues Project,followed two weeks later with the Doors, a long list ..... I'm 62 so this was just ahead of me......I never heard of Action House until now.......kind of like San Francisco. I don't get too enamored of the past but let's face it..... you can't beat the multiple bands on one bill,nor the next to nothing prices .......The Dead played there in 1970 with NRPS...for $3 bucks 2.50 with the ad. Come on....... |
It's sad that, unlike the Fillmores's, a comprehensive list of all the acts and dates that appeared there apparently doesn't exist. Its great fun (if you were a regular, I was!) to go to the Fillmore website and see the shows I went to with the corresponding dates as so much from back than is truly a blur!;) I'd love to be able to do the same with MFP! MFP truly rated among the best venues in the NY area at the time. I saw SO many great, important, acts there back in the day! It's great that they're trying to generate some brand recognition and get it going again but much like the Fillmore's and the other great venues from that era, it'll NEVER happen again. |
