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. Located in the heart of the city, adjacent to Yale, the building was originally the Yale Co-op. Then in…
Specifikacia 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. Located in the heart of the city, adjacent to Yale, the building was originally the Yale Co-op. Then in 1975, Mike Spoerndle opened Toad's as a French/Italian restaurant. 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. 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. Toad's grew at a time when superstars still preferred smaller venues. With a capacity of 1,000, Toad's served
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