RTP-area local music and culture

[Hoopla <dmccalldds AT gmail.com>]

I'm sorry to read this. We were there on Monday night and it was a
CRAZY night. I thought for sure that Rick's incredible version of
"Meximelt" is what fried all the electricity in that portion of the
building.

I went to bed on Mon night wondering about the irrelevant Brewery, in
fact. How can Raleigh sustain 4 small live music venues? (Brewery,
Pour House, Lincoln, and Hideaway). Well, I'm sorry to hear this news,
though.

Dana



On Jan 2, 5:03 pm, local... AT gmail.com wrote:
> >>"It was," Palmer concludes with a sigh, "quite a learning experience."
>
> I was just having this conversation with someone last week - one of
> the reasons clubs often close is that it's a huge learning curve
> (which booking agent's to trust, what local band's draw, etc.) that
> most venue's can't sustain that pace very long...glenn
>
> From David Menconi's blog:
>
> http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/index.php?title=hideaway_soon_to_h...
>
> Wednesday, January 2, 2008
> Hideaway soon to hide away
>
> Just before midnight Monday, as Southern Culture on the Skids played
> for a packed house at Raleigh's Hideaway Music Hall, the electricity
> cut off for about 45 minutes. Power was eventually restored and new
> year's eve festivities continued. But maybe that was an omen, because
> word has come down that Hideaway is closing. The Hideaway restaurant
> is already shut down, with the live-music operation soon to follow
> after a few more weeks of shows.
>
> "When I started this place, I used to joke that I was tired of going
> to music venues that were dirty boxes," says owner Palmer Stacy. "Now
> I realize why that is, so that the overhead is not as high as mine
> ended up being. But we had a good run and we'll try to keep it going a
> few more weeks with the music. From the beginning, it was a mismatch
> between the cost of running the place and the amount of people coming.
> We had some great shows and some good crowds, just not enough to
> support a building of that size and expense.
>
> "It was," Palmer concludes with a sigh, "quite a learning experience."
>
> Hideaway opened on Capitol Boulevard in October 2006 amid high hopes,
> a barbecue joint that did country and twangy roots rock shows. Wayne
> "The Train" Hancock (scheduled to return on Jan. 25), Bottlerockets,
> Blue Mountain, and Billy Joe Shaver were among the acts to play there.
> But Hideaway struggled to break even and rumors swirled around it for
> the past year. When booker Marianne Taylor left for South by Southwest
> last March, Palmer told her that Hideaway might not be open when she
> returned. Still, she had hopes the club could hang in there.
>
> "It's upsetting," Taylor says. "The first four months or so, there was
> no soul to the place. Then last January, the vibe got good and it
> started to feel like home. I'm still holding out for a miracle of
> someone stepping up so my music can stay at Hideaway."
>
> Taylor guesses Hideaway will be open the next three weekends. Beyond
> that, she'll move Hideaway shows to other clubs in the area. Upcoming
> Hideaway shows that might be in search of new venues include Don Dixon
> on Jan. 26; Asylum Street Spankers on Jan. 29; Malcolm Holcombe on
> Jan. 31; Unknown Hinson on Feb. 2; Jason Ringenberg/Farmer Jason on
> Feb. 8-9; Jesse Dayton on Feb. 16; and NRBQ pianist Terry Adams on
> March 15.