Greg Brown, left, with his old friend Dave Moore. Photo by Byron Stuart Art Cullen’s Notebook is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. A crowd filling the Historic Phillips Auditorium in Fort Dodge on Sunday bore witness to history as a parade of Iowa’s most beloved musicians took the stage to raise money for Byron’s Bar in Pomeroy.
Very cool. Waterloo's Electric Park Ballroom on the National Cattle Congress grounds could use a shot in the arm like this. It goes back to the big-band era. And the nearby Hippodrome, formerly McElroy Auditorium which has seen everything from pro basketball to Johnny Cash to Kiss to Bob Hope.
I remember our family took a short-lived vacation to Clear Lake in 1976. The Surf Ballroom looked like it had seen its better days. Remarkable what a little bit of nostalgia can do for a place.
Thanks for the reporting Art.
Very cool. Waterloo's Electric Park Ballroom on the National Cattle Congress grounds could use a shot in the arm like this. It goes back to the big-band era. And the nearby Hippodrome, formerly McElroy Auditorium which has seen everything from pro basketball to Johnny Cash to Kiss to Bob Hope.
I remember our family took a short-lived vacation to Clear Lake in 1976. The Surf Ballroom looked like it had seen its better days. Remarkable what a little bit of nostalgia can do for a place.