Posted on 09/07/2009 9:03:03 AM PDT by Wardenclyffe
If the Hard Rock Cafe shed the corporate feel, played better music and served world-class cocktails, it would be a lot like the Feedback Lounge.
"No sports, no pool tables, no foosball, just music," says Jeff Gilbert, who opened The Feedback Lounge in West Seattle this past April.
The former home of Beveridge Place (which moved across the street) showcases not only great drinks, but Jeff's personal collection of rock memorabilia, which includes the hundreds of tickets stubs from every concert he's ever been to.
"I follow The Rolling Stones on tour; I've seen KISS every time that they've ever played Seattle, dating back to 1974; I've seen Tony Bennett, The Bee Gees, Kris Kristofferson, Barbra Streisand; If it's music I'll go."
There's also a Whammy Bar (a reference to the little tremolo arm on a guitar). "It's a satellite bar in the back and that's where I put all of my vintage, and just outright weird guitars that I've been collecting for years."
As a former Senior Editor of the legendary Seattle music doctrine, The Rocket, and a current marketer for Live Nation, it shouldn't come as a surprise that all of the music you hear at The Feedback comes from Jeff's personal collection.
"You have two rules musically here: no rap and no Dave Matthews," Gilbert said.
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Technically, it's a vibrato not a tremolo. Tremolo modulates volume, as on an old Fender amp. But Whammy Bars have been called tremolos, or "trems" for short, so long that it's been accepted as fact. Just being nit-picky on a lazy Labor Day!
Thank God, Dave Mathews drives me nuts.
“no rap”
Gotta respect that - someone with musical taste.
... someone with musical taste.
Or not.
Thank you for that interesting trivia!
You're welcome...Next week I discuss the technical difference between U.S. Democrats and a sewer full of vermin!
I’ve heard Barbra Streisand described as many things...talented is not among them. Personally, I’d lump her with the rap music...
Regards,
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