down towards River Oaks Theater. Maybe it was where Perry's is now? I can't remember. But I think it was upstairs.

Birraporettis? Not sure if that's it, but my buddy used to play acoustic shows there. It was def. upstairs on w grey there.

I had my first jaeger bomb there in about 2002/2003.

Sherlock's Pub. Duh.

Ducks4brkfast said:

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Sherlock's Pub. Duh.

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no ****, damn how could I forget it was sherlocks. That's pretty much the only bars my buddy played back in those days. Birraporettis and sherlocks were both addressed 1997 w grey, and the article I found said Birra closed in 2005 after 30 years.

So I guess it must have been downstairs, sherlocks upstairs.

What band? I saw several bands there in the 00s but only remember a couple names....Strippers Lie & Dine Alone.

Artuzzi's anyone? Edit - Now that I think about it - that was on the other side of the street. Too long ago for most of you youngens anyway.

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What band? I saw several bands there in the 00s but only remember a couple names....Strippers Lie & Dine Alone.

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They were called sonic amber, and if I remember we did sound a few times for Adrenaline.

It's pretty amazing, a guy named Nathan Looney was in charge of booking bands back in 01/02, then I worked with him a few times in 09/10 era for my band that played some baker streets, then in Denver I was in a band in 2013/2014 or so. We played the baker st locations up here, and it was same ol' nathan booking still.

Guy had a good run of that job, wonder if he's still at it? It was 'hospitality usa' back then, the name of the company that ran the sherlocks/bakers. I remember he told me the willowbrook baker st did something like $250k of alcohol sales a month, back in 2009 ish. 1,000+ drinks a day, every day.

drumboy said:

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What band? I saw several bands there in the 00s but only remember a couple names....Strippers Lie & Dine Alone.

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Stripper's Lie was a personal favorite

damn. this is bringing back some memories. was a fun bar for sure.

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drumboy said:

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What band? I saw several bands there in the 00s but only remember a couple names....Strippers Lie & Dine Alone.

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They were called sonic amber, and if I remember we did sound a few times for Adrenaline.

It's pretty amazing, a guy named Nathan Looney was in charge of booking bands back in 01/02, then I worked with him a few times in 09/10 era for my band that played some baker streets, then in Denver I was in a band in 2013/2014 or so. We played the baker st locations up here, and it was same ol' nathan booking still.

Guy had a good run of that job, wonder if he's still at it? It was 'hospitality usa' back then, the name of the company that ran the sherlocks/bakers. I remember he told me the willowbrook baker st did something like $250k of alcohol sales a month, back in 2009 ish. 1,000+ drinks a day, every day.

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I've met Nathan a couple times through mutual friends in the bar industry. IIRC, he's a DJ at LiL Woodrow's on Shepherd now. Don't know if he does band promotions though

XIT, Birraporettis, Sherlocks and Marfreless. Good times and gas savings.

Laff Stop was such a great room… favorite show I saw there was Brian Regan headlining with some guy opening for him none of us had ever heard of, Mitch Hedberg.

Sherlock's was downstairs

I saw mitch there too, although he was headlining. He asked the audience for Xanax. So sad.