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The Cellar Door was a music club at 34th and M Street NW in Washington, D.C. from 1965 through 1981. It emerged from The Shadows, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. It was one of the premier music spots in Washington and was the genesis as well as a tryout for larger markets.〔Weintraub, B. (1976, November 20). Concert market booming in D.C. ''Billboard'' Magazine, 88(47)〕 Many artists cut their professional teeth performing at the Cellar Door, while audiences delighted in being within a few feet of the stage at the tiny venue. Many notables in 1960s and 1970s music played there. Some of the performances at The Cellar Door were recorded and released. The club was the venue for the renowned ''Live-Evil'' (later expanded into ''The Cellar Door Sessions''), a live album with Miles Davis.〔Harrington, R. (2003, November 21). Recordings deliver taped measure of area clubs. ''The Washington Post,'' p. T.34.〕 Richie Havens recorded most of the tracks on "Richie Havens Live at the Cellar Door" there in 1970 and The Seldom Scene, a Bethesda, MD based bluegrass band, recorded their signature live album "Seldom Scene Recorded Live At the Cellar Door" in December 1974. Danny Gatton's ''The Redneck Jazz Explosion'' album was also recorded at The Cellar Door. Some of the names that played there during their careers were: *Artful Dodger *Jackson Browne〔Harrington, R. (1981, January 31) 2 From D.C. Buy The Cellar Door, Style Section. ''Washington Post,'' p. G4.〕 *Brewer and Shipley *Jimmy Buffett *JJ Cale *George Carlin *Harry Chapin *Larry Coryell *Bill Cosby (warm-up comic for the Mitchell Trio with John Denver) *The Country Gentlemen *Jim Croce *Miles Davis〔 (whose concerts there were the basis for the critically acclaimed ''Live-Evil'', later expanded into a box set comprising the entire unedited performances "The Cellar Door Sessions") *John Denver〔 (He wrote and sang his "Leaving on a Jet Plane" there prior to being released by Peter, Paul and Mary.) *Fat City (later to become the Starland Vocal Band)〔 *Doc and Merle Watson *John Fahey *The Newgrass Revival *Paul Siebel *Steve Goodman〔 *Great Speckled Bird (Ian & Sylvia) *Happy The Man *Richie Havens *Rick Nelson *Pete Kennedy〔 *B.B. King *Carole King *Donal Leace *Gordon Lightfoot *Ian & Sylvia *Les McCann *Roger McGuinn *Charlie Mingus *Chad Mitchell Trio * Judy Collins *Joni Mitchell *Modern Jazz Quartet *Anne Murray〔(1973, July 14) From the Music Capitals of the World. Billboard Magazine, p. 57. ''Accessed 2012-09-15.〕 *Gram Parsons performed with a backing band at the Cellar Door, while looking for a female vocalist for duets. His bandmates had visited a small neighboring bar where Emmylou Harris was performing cover songs, and their introduction was the real start of Harris' career, and a boost for Parsons' act. *The Flying Burrito Brothers *Minnie Ripperton *Carly Simon *Tom Paxton *Pointer Sisters〔Pointer Sisters. (1973, June 30) Pointer Sisters tour dates. Billboard Magazine, p.36.〕 *Tom Principato〔 *John Prine〔Harrington, R. (1989, June 13) Bonnie Raitt, Dry and High; The Singer's Long Road to Sobriety and a Hit Album. ''Washington Post'', p. c.01.〕 *Richard Pryor 〔 *Bonnie Raitt in 1969.〔 *Linda Ronstadt〔 (her band was made up of later members of The Eagles) *Buddy Rich *Chris Rush〔(1973, July 14) Who/When/Where (concert listings). Billboard Magazine, p. 17. ''Accessed 2010-01-11.〕 *Tom Rush *John Sebastian *Shakti w/ John McLaughlin〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shakti w/ John McLaughlin....November 12, 1977 (First Show) (9PM) : The Cellar Door, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. )〕 *Patti Smith *Tommy Smothers *David Steinberg *Taj Mahal〔 *James Taylor 〔 *Nighthawks Jimmy Thackery 〔Alpert, B. (1993, May 15). M Street Shuffle. ''Washington Post'', p. A23〕 *George Thorogood 〔 *Mary Travers *Muddy Waters *Tom Waits *Glenn Yarbrough〔 *Neil Young〔〔(1970, November 21). From the music capitals of the world. ''Billboard Magazine, 82(47)'', p. 27〕 * Brand X * Warren Zevon Some music was written on site. Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert (as Fat City) opened for John Denver in December 1970. Late one night, Denver helped finish writing a song that Danoff and Nivert had started. They debuted "Take Me Home, Country Roads" on December 30, 1970.〔 In a January 31, 1981 ''Washington Post'' newspaper article, Richard Harrington 〔 wrote that the Georgetown club which helped promote the careers such stars as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, John Denver, Richard Pryor, Neil Young and Jackson Browne, was sold the previous day for an undisclosed sum to Paul Kurtz and Howard Bomstein from Washington, D.C. Ultimately, the club was closed down by the DC fire marshal after numerous warnings. It had been licensed for 163 seats, but was found to have more than 200 people SRO at times. Also, the books for liquor sales were allegedly being done improperly, so instead of making money, a fair amount of money was being lost, unbeknownst to the club owners. ==Cellar Door Productions== The Cellar Door Nightclub was a partnership between Jack Boyle and Sam L'Hommedieu, Jr. The pair also owned two other popular Georgetown nightspots, The Crazy Horse and The Bayou as well as The Stardust, a music club in Waldorf, MD. They went on to found Cellar Door Productions which became the largest concert promoter from Baltimore to Florida, with offices in Washington DC, Ft. Lauderdale FL, Myrtle Beach, SC as well as an office in Detroit for a period of time. Bill Reid was the President of Cellar Door Productions from 1983 until his firing in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A. William Reid v. John J. Boyle, Cellar Door Venues, Inc )〕 The Cellar Door Cos. were sold to SFX Entertainment in 1999. Cellar Door developed the Nissan Pavilion concert venue,〔 now called the Jiffy Lube Live, west of Washington, DC.〔 The mailing address of Jiffy Lube Live (now owned by Live Nation) is 7800 Cellar Door Drive. Boyle continued with SFX after it was purchased by Clear Channel Entertainment and is now retired. L'Hommedieu managed the Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.) during the 1980s. He died in 1999, and is buried in Arlington Cemetery. Bill Reid now owns and operates two venues in Norfolk, Virginia called The NorVa, and another in Richmond, Virginia called the The National. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Cellar Door」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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