[Mpls] Steve McClelland out at First Avenue

[G. R. Anderson]

and there's also this, which ran today, and is both outdated and prescient:
 

http://citypages.com/databank/25/1229/article12255.asp 

 

G.R. Anderson Jr.

News Editor

City Pages

612.372.3720

granderson at citypages.com


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From: mpls-bounces at mnforum.org on behalf of David Brauer
Sent: Wed 6/23/2004 11:51 AM
To: mpls at mnforum.org
Subject: [Mpls] Steve McClelland out at First Avenue



Word on the street is that Steve McClellan has been fired at First
Avenue. One person connected with the club confirmed this, but that's
all I have right now. Don't know why it's happening.

Dude IS Mr. First Ave. He's been First Ave's guru forever, and even
though hundreds of people have made the club what it is, he's done more
than anyone to make this local music scene.

There are hundreds of us geezers who can regale you with tales of
McClellan's passion, soul and cantankerousness - which will undoubtedly
fill acres of print soon -  but I mostly wanted to let folks know what
I've heard and shake the tree for more news.

Just for the hell of it, here's a link to a great oral history City
Pages did last year. (By the way, they also have a wonderful Pride
Parade oral history in the issue out today.)
http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1187/article11480.asp

Here's our own most recent McClellan story, about the pressure of
competing with Clear Channel:
http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2004/02/23/news/news03.txt

David Brauer
Kingfield
(Editor, Skyway News & Southwest Journal)
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