Well caught essence of neon there, Frank. I love neon! I have some fond memories of the ElMo; heard some great (and not so great) bands there. I even had a run-in with the long-time booker and coke addict, Dan Burke. We were invited guests of Jon Long (of Long & McQuade) to the reunion gig of Moxy in 2001 and were wandering in to find our seats early. Dan saw us and ranted loudly about the public not being allowed in yet. "There's a process, people!" he screamed. That has become our favourite TO music scene quote.
But yeah, it's a dump. All the best places are: Grossmans, in particular. On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:04 PM, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've never gotten a decent look at this iconic neon sign for Toronto's El > Mocambo Tavern. Not perfect but it's the best night shot yet: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/el-mo.html?m=1 > > Best known for the night in 1977 when the Rolling Stones played there while > Margaret Trudeau, our PM's wife, partied, lots of amazing acts (Mingus, U2, > Elvis Costello, Jimi Hendrix and lots more) have played there over the years. > > I've only been inside once or twice; it's a dump. > > But the sign is cool. > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > Cheers, > frank > “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
