Bad Brains is the headliner.

The historic club shuts its doors on this sunday, October 15.

Is that the guy that was always working with Pa, on little house on the prairie?

OMG, are you people FOR REAL?!?!

Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads....this place is historic!

i'm sad it's closing, but ya know what, it's time for CBs to close its doors. sure, it was the starting point for a lot of legendary bands back in the day, but that day's gone. i mean, if CBs weren't closing, we wouldn't be reading stories about bad brains and patti smith playing there right now. maybe this will give rise to some new music hotspot in new york, where the next wave of big fun bands will be discovered.

jerseykrs said:

I understand Patti will be closin' the joint down? Wish I had tape of Springsteen's guest appearances with her there in the '70s.

Anx said:

Well said Chris.

Ace said:

yep, she's closing it down on Sunday.

jerseykrs said:

i'd *love* to be there, because i'm sure patti has something amazing written just for the occasion.

This has been a long time coming. All good things end. There are some bars and clubs around where musicians play for othr musicians, you just have to know where they are.

It's such a small place though, you could walk right up on the stage and be standing where Blondie and The Ramones once stood.

Sad to see it go, but from the articles I've read, the owner was making a hefty chunk of change just off the merchandise available on his site alone, that he could have easily paid the back due taxes.

I don't get why he wants to take the whole thing to Vegas, vegas has nothing to do with the place.

Tom said:

you see the shirts constantly in nyc, and i have seen them numerous places outside of.

So much history in that tiny space.

Are any Orgers going to this??

Tom said:

maybe prince will play at the new cbgbs! or wayne newton!

Anx said:

I see a duet on "McArthur Park"!

Remind me to post the pic I have from Wayne Newton's dressing room. I'll have to scan it one of these days.

Anx said:

She lives here in Detroit now...I could take you to her house

applekisses said:

how awesome would that be?

i'm still kicking myself cuz i didn't hear about her surprise show at lollapalooza this year till after it was over.

Anx said:

Have you seen the photo Annie Leibowitz took of her for the "American Music" book? It was incredible. I saw the exhibit a few weekends ago and they gave you a little audio thing recorded by Annie so you could hear her talk about each photo. When she took the one of Patti she was still mourning the death of her hubby Fred "Sonic" Smith (hardcore Detroiter and member of the MC-5) and was in the livingroom of their Detroit home. She had moved the bed into the livingroom and was sleeping in there because she couldn't bear to sleep in hers and Fred's room. It was an incredible story and a beautiful photo.

Anx said:

"gabba gabba hey ho lets go crazy!"

"mani is a punk, mani is a punk..."

Tom said:

"somebody put something in my wacky koo-koo happy-go-lucky drink, y'all...owwah! try the lasagna!"

Anx said:

oh man...why the hell did i all of a sudden think of prince doing a finale, a la wendy o. williams?

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

the only thing purnce would do a la wendy o. williams is wear high heels and pigtails.

Anx said:

oh c'mon, like he wouldn't bust shit up with a sledgehammer and blow up a chevy nova onstage.