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Thread #75122   Message #2198876
Posted By: GUEST,mike gouthro
20-Nov-07 - 09:05 PM
Thread Name: Little known '60s Folk Singers
Subject: RE: Little known '60s Folk Singers
Montreal Venues & Performers

Thanks for the corrections and memories. I'll accumulate all responses and repost an enhanced list if enough info rolls in. Please continue to add your recollections of the venues and some of the memorable performances you took in. Let me know if you think a separate thread would be more appropriate.

My memory of the Venus De Milo was in 1966 where The Stormy Clovers from Toronto played several successful engagements right on the heels of the folk rock explosion started by Dylan and the Byrds in 1965.

Here is the corrected list of venues. And if anyone can provide info on The Seven Steps/Potpourri, The Finjan or other older venues – please fire away. I've contemplated plowing through online newspaper archives to get info on the pre 1965 Montreal folk scene – but my curiosity exceeds my stamina.   

The Seven Steps renamed The Potpourri (Stanley St) ?? - ??
The Fifth Amendment (Clarke St)    ?? - early 1965
The Penelope (Bishop St below Café Prague) mid 1965 – mid 1966
Café Andre (Burnside?) 196? – 197?
La Femme Foetal (Mountain St) mid65 – early 66
Venus De Milo Lounge (St Catherine) 195? - ??    1966 Folk Rock
The Blue Lantern renamed The Totem Pole (Stanley St) late 1965 -1968?
The Montreal Folk Workshop (Park Ave Moose Hall) late 1965 – 1973
The Yellow Door (Aylmer) 1967 – present
The New Penelope (Sherbrooke at Park) 1967 – 1968?
The Back Door (McTavish at Sherbrooke)   Apr1969 - 1981
The Karma (Crescent and De Maisonneuve)    ?
The Golem (3460 Stanley north of Sherbrooke) 1973 – 1991