McCabe's Guitar Shop
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McCabe's Guitar Shop is a musical instrument store and live music venue on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica, California. Opened in 1958, McCabe's specializes in acoustic and folk instruments, including guitars, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers, fiddles, psaltries, bouzoukis, sitars, ouds, and ethnic percussion. Since 1969, McCabe's has also been a noted forum for folk concerts.
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[edit] Concerts at McCabe's
The decor at McCabe's is stripped down, with concerts being given in a back room with folding chairs and walls covered with vintage guitars, banjos, ukuleles and other instruments. A poll by LA Observed rated McCabe's as one of the 32 greatest things about Los Angeles.[1] In The Guide prepared by The Los Angeles Times, McCabe's is described as "an achingly intimate room" with a "bare-bones setting" featuring "the best guitar music west of the 405 Freeway."[2] The Guide continues: "Legends, traveling minstrels and local talent -- they all seem to pass through McCabe's at some point. They may be there to get their guitars fixed; the club has a day job as one of the oldest stringed instrument stores in the city."[2] Frommer's describes the McCabe's experience as "intimate in the extreme; the gig would have to be in your living room to get any cozier."[3] The Metromix guide to Los Angeles calls McCabe's "a mild-mannered guitar/stringed instrument shop by day" that "opens up as a world-class concert venue by night."[4]
[edit] The performers
The list of past performers[5] includes some of the genre's finest musicians, including:
[edit] Live at McCabe's: Live albums recorded at McCabe's
Owing to its intimate setting and reputation as one of folk's most renowned forums, numerous artists have recorded live albums at McCabe's including:
- Townes Van Zandt: Live at McCabe's recorded in 1995[6]
- Ralph Stanley: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop 2-11-01[7]
- Norman Blake: Live at McCabe's released in 1976[8]
- Tom Paxton: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop recorded in 1991[9]
- Henry Rollins: Live at McCabe's[10]
- Robin Williamson: Merry Band's Farewell Concert at McCabe's recorded in 1979[11]
- Nancy Wilson (from Heart): Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop released in 1999[12]
- Freedy Johnston: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop released in 1998[13]
- John Stewart: Deep in the Neon: Live at McCabe's released in 1991[14]
- Byron Berline: Live at McCabe's released in 1978[15]
- Chris Smither: Chris Smither Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop 3/14/03[16]
- David Hatfield: David Hatfield Live at McCabe's released in 2003[17]
- Lyle Ritz & Herb Ohta: A Night of Ukulele Jazz Live at McCabe's]] recorded in 2000 [18]
- Paul Siebel: Live at McCabe's released in 1981[19]
- Batdorf & Rodney: Live at McCabe's 1975[20]
A bootleg recording was also made of R.E.M.: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop in 1987[21]
[edit] References
- ^ Voting continues. LA Observed. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ a b McCabe's Guitar Shop. The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ McCabe's Guitar Shop. Frommer's. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ McCabe's Guitar Shop. Metromix Los Angeles. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ McCabe's Concerts: An Incomplete List Of Artists Who Have Performed Here. McCabe's Guitar Shop. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Townes Van Zandt: Live at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Ralph Stanley: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Norman Blake: Live at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Tom Paxton: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Henry Rollins: Live at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Robin Williamson: Merry Band's Farewell Concert at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Nancy Wilson: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Freedy Johnston: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ John Stewart: Deep in the Neon: Live at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Byron Berline: Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Chris Smither Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ David Hatfield Live at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Lyle Ritz & Herb Ohta: A Night of Ukulele Jazz Live at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Paul Siebel: Live at McCabe's. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Batdorf & Rodney: Live at McCabe's 1975. allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- ^ Complete Internet R.E.M. Underground List - Part 1. Orange Fox. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
