The Warehouse (New Orleans)
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The Warehouse, located at 1820 Tchoupitoulas Street, was the main venue for rock music in New Orleans in the 1970s.
The Warehouse opened on January 30, 1970 with Fleetwood Mac followed the next night by the Grateful Dead. The Talking Heads performed there on closing night, September 10, 1982. In between those dates, the greats and soon-to-be greats of rock performed at The Warehouse. A partial list would include Bob Marley, Chicago, Kiss, Pink Floyd, The Who, and ZZ Top. The Allman Brothers were regulars.
Rock history was made there. The Grateful Dead's arrest on opening weekend for drug possession would be immortalized in their song Truckin'. Jim Morrison's last concert with The Doors was at the Warehouse on December 12, 1970.
The Warehouse was originally called "A Warehouse" as it began in the 1850s as a cotton warehouse. Its non-heated or air conditioned space could legally hold slightly over 3,000 people. Its size was the reason for its popularity. If a band needed a larger place to play than a jazz club, but couldn't fill a stadium, they played at The Warehouse.
The Warehouse was finally demolished in April 1989.
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Photo Session: Sidney Smith - As told to Brian Shupe - From Hittin’ the Note - Issue 50 2006.
BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, Jim Morrison's last concert with the Doors.
Audio: Grateful Dead- The Warehouse, New Orleans 1-31-70.
BLAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, I know the Warehouse bar closed down, but does the building still exist?.
