The Legendary Toad's Place: Stories from New Haven's Famed Music Venue Phelps Brian
The Legendary Toad's Place: Stories from New Haven's Famed Music Venue Phelps Brian Anyone who has lived near New Haven, CT, in the past 40] years has surely heard of Toad's Place. Then in 1975, Mike…
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The Legendary Toad's Place: Stories from New Haven's Famed Music Venue Phelps Brian
Anyone who has lived near New Haven, CT, in the past 40] years has surely heard of Toad's Place. Then in 1975, Mike Spoerndle opened Toad's as a French/Italian restaurant. Located in the heart of the city, adjacent to Yale, the building was originally the Yale Co-op.
Muddy Waters was the first prominent talent to perform at Toad's, but soon, all types of music could be heard and "all-age" shows turned Spoerndle into "the man who made Connecticut rock." Eventually, "All roads lead to Toad's" became the club's motto. To boost patronage, he added live music, usually bluegrass or blues and in 1976, noting the positive response to the music, Toad's Place was reborn as a music venu Toad's quickly gained popularity featuring 25 beer nights at a time when the drinking age was still 18. Toad's grew at a time when superstars still preferred smaller venues.
With a capacity of 1,000, Toad's served