SUEDE is so smooth.....
Saw a reminder that Charlie Sayles was going to be in town.
He started belting the Blues in D.C. decades ago and still has that great sound.
And electrifying fluid motion.
I've seen him gyrate all over the stage at Home Team Bar B Q in Sullivan's Island so I looked forward to seeing him in Mt. Pleasant at the
Suede Supper Club.
Great show in a fantastic
"night club" setting.
Andy "Smokey" Weiner, a friend who's quite a harmonica player raved:
"I like to play in a club like this.
They didn't just move tables and chairs around, they remodeled it to be really special."
During a break, I wandered around, upstairs, out on the deck overlooking Johnnie Dodds Blvd, looked down on a lighted dance floor and private tables in little nooks and crannies.
I was there on a relatively quiet Sunday night.
Must be quite a scene on a Saturday Night!
(Click on the photo for more details.)
I know it was a sports bar for a long time and, before that, was
Henry's On The Boulevard.
That name still can be seen on some frosted windows upstairs.
A link to the past.
Thanks for stopping by.
Maybe we'll see each other at Suede?
Labels: Charlie Sayles, Henry's On The Boulevard, Johnnie Dodds Blvd, Suede Supper Club
Music Venue...it takes a Village.
Remember to look it up as
Charleston Village Tavern.
It's still in Mount Pleasant on Johnnie Dodds Blvd but the new owners have refurbished the "old" Village and have a great new attitude.
Last November they gutted the place, knocked out walls to make it more open and used their band connections to get the music re-started.
You can even have a cold draft beer now.
And the old "bar food" idea was scrapped to make way for Gourmet Burgers and such.
The day I stopped by David Warren was often on his cell doing what a Booking Manager does best...lining up the live entertainment.
John Morlan, the General Manager, toured me around, showing where walls had been pushed back or removed and the sizable sound booth they had created.
"We ran all the connecting wires down along the wall to the stage area and enclosed them with a bar foot rest," said Morlan.
It's been a few years since I stopped in to have a beer and listen to a regional band but I plan to keep tabs on who's coming to the Village.
They were moving the couches down to the area in front of the stage as I was leaving.
Get there early for a comfy seat down front.
(Click twice on the picture to see details. Their plan is to have shows that start early. I like that! Music beginning at 10:30 or 11:00 has you out in traffic in the wee hours of the morning. Tough on a "school night." Thanks for stopping by my blog.)
Labels: Charleston Village Tavern, East Cooper music scene, gourmet burgers, Johnnie Dodds Blvd, music venue
Saw a reminder that Charlie Sayles was going to be in town.
Great show in a fantastic "night club" setting.
