THE KNICKERBOCKER MUSIC CENTER
The Knickerbocker Music Center
35 Railroad Avenue, Westerly, RI 02891 (Misquamicut) | (401) 315-5070
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The Knickerbocker Café, a storied music club in Westerly, Rhode Island, was built in 1933, shortly after the end of Prohibition. The Café itself is named after a train that passed through Westerly station at the time of the Café’s founding.
The club thrived as one of the leading entertainment centers in southern New England, hosting regional and national bands with an emphasis on the blues. Some of the greats that played on the Knickerbocker stage included, Big Joe Turner, Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland, Johnny Nicholas, Leon Russell, Eric Burdon and Stevie Ray Vaughan. In 1967, Roomful of Blues was born in Westerly, when guitarist Duke Robillard and pianist Al Copley started a band that played tough, no-holds barred Chicago blues. Making the Knickerbocker Café their home club, it did not take long before they started exploring swinging, jumping blues and added a horn section. Roomful would pack the house every Sunday and still plays their great brand of blues today.
Fast forward and the Café has become the Knickerbocker Music Center, a non-profit organization formed in partnership with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School. The mission of the Knickerbocker Music Center is to preserve, cultivate and grow the “Knick’s” unique brand of blues, as well as expanding access to music of all genres, by transforming the Knick into both an exciting performance venue and an exceptional center for music education.
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February
No Recall Farewell Show
- shared 1 time 7pm
Friday, February 1, 2019 at 7:00pm
The Knickerbocker Music Center. 35 Railroad Avenue, Westerly, RI 02891
knickmusic.com/events/2019/2/1/no-recall
Live Music
Well this is not easy to say, but after being a band for 6 years, playing hundreds of shows, releasing 4 EPs, and writing 20+ songs, it is time that we put this chapter of our lives to an end. We are playing one last show at the same venue we played our very first show at 6 years ago and we have some of our favorite bands around the local scene to come support. Thank you so much to everyone who has ever supported this band over the years. This band would not have been together for as long as it has if it wasn’t for all the amazing emotional connections we’ve made with people through our music along the way. You all inspired us in so many ways. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. Let’s all scream our hearts out to these songs one last time ❤️
Show: 7:15p | Doors: 6:30p | All Ages
Tickets: $10 ($2 Service Charge Included With Online Tickets. All sales are final, no ticket refunds or exchanges.)