August 16, 2010

Hairy Marys Punk Rock Tavern

So...I dont talk about it much, but for a good 15 years all I did was book bands at a bar I owned called Hairy Marys Punk Rock Tavern. While doing so I lived on this houseboat in the summers. Hundreds of bands stayed here. One in fact took a photo and used it as their promo pic. BtHooM was out of Tempe Az. Anyone ever hear of them?
Because of DSM's location (3 hours south of Minneapolis, 5 hours from Chicago, 2 from KC, and 2 from Omaha) we were able to pull in some mighty fine acts...It was a big part of my life, Ill start pulling out some stories and photos.
Cheers!

6 comments:

Bastard Rob said...

Can't wait!

Boonie said...

I need to get a hold of Jack Dekker and have him come down with his photo archive to share with you and John...I'm sure he has some gems...

Cornell said...

Reminds me of high school and seeing bands at the Great River Road House in Balltown Iowa.

Unknown said...

I saw Hank3 (I think) and Wayne Hancock there (maybe Hatebreed too one time), didn't know that was your place.

Right on man!

noel_nothing said...

i saw the subhumans, murphy's law & the tossers at mary's in the drake neighborhood. i fucking miss that place a lot!

CHVRCH said...

The last Murphy's Law show was fucking killer! One of my favorites. I love it when bands party on stage. Cheers Noel! I miss the place also.