My Father's Place
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| Address | 19 Bryant Ave, Roslyn, New York |
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| Location | Long Island |
| Owner | Michael "Eppy" Epstein |
| Capacity | ≈400 |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Closed | May 3, 1987 |
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My Father's Place was a music venue located in Roslyn, New York.[1] Many of the concerts organized and broadcast by the radio station WLIR (92.7 FM at that time) were recorded at the club, some of them are available as official releases and bootlegs.
History
Opening on 30 May 1971, the club hosted an estimated 3,000 artists performing 6,000 shows during its 16-year run. The first show was Woodstock opener Richie Havens. The final performance was by the funk rock band Tower of Power on 3 May 1987.[2]
Other locations
There were other venues with the same name:
- 47-29 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, New York
Performances
1971
- May 30, Richie Havens (venue premiere performance)
1972
- February 8, Blue Öyster Cult
- August 6, Glass Harp
1973
- April 20, Steeleye Span
- July 31, Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band
1974
- March 19, Soft Machine
- April 19, Roger McGuinn
- May 16, Fairport Convention featuring Sandy Denny
- July 2, Aerosmith
- August 6, Linda Ronstadt
1975
- March 26, Ray Manzarek
- September 10, Savoy Brown
- November 18, Kingfish
1976
- May 22, Tommy Bolin
- August 31, Richie Furay
- October 3, John Mayall
1977
- April 23, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
- October 10, Tom Waits
1978
- Larry Carlton
- April 18, Richie Furay
- July 13, John Prine
- September 18, Johnny Winter
- November 4, Rockpile
- November 18, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - released as I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978
1979
- February 13, Fabulous Poodles
- March 29, The Police
- June 10, Lou Reed
- August 23, John Mellencamp
- September 7, Rory Gallagher Band
- November 29, Meat Loaf
1980
- February 17, The Romantics
- April 1, The Fools -released as a radio-station only EP on EMI America as "The First Annual Official Unofficial April Fool's Day Live Bootleg"
- April 2, Squeeze
- May 7, Grinderswitch
- November 20 & 21, Siouxsie and the Banshees
1981
- July 04, The Psychedelic Furs
- September 15, Riot
1982
- April 8, Mike Oldfield
- July, Ramones
1983
- January 9, Blue Öyster Cult
- March 18, Steve Vai
- June 6, Dixie Dregs
1984
- July 21, Jorma Kaukonen
1985
- Jorma Kaukonen with band There Goes the Neighborhood (Jaco Pastorius - bass, Doug McClean - harmonica, Whitie Melvin - percussion, Ben Prevo - guitar, Rashied Ali – congas)
1986
- October 31, Ramones
- November 1, Hot Tuna
- November 7, Robin Trower
- November 8, NRBQ
- November 21, The Band
- November 26, Billy Bragg
- November 29, Robert Gordon
1987
- January 11, Roy Buchanan
- May 3, Tower of Power (venue final performance)
See also
References
- Fun and Dangerous: Untold Tales, Unseen Photos, Unearthed Music from My Father's Place 1975-1980 Steve Rosenfield (Photos) & Michael "Eppy" Epstein (Author); ISBN 978-0578068763