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Location
  
Long Island

Capacity
  
≈400

Opened
  
1971

Owner
  
Michael "Eppy" Epstein

Closed
  
May 3, 1987


Address
  
19 Bryant Ave,Roslyn, New York

Similar
  
The Bottom Line, The Main Point, Agora Theatre and Ballr, Orpheum Theatre, Tower Theater

My Father's Place was a music venue located in Roslyn, New York. Many of the concerts organized and broadcast by the radio station WLIR (92.7 FM at that time) were recorded at the club, some of them are available as official releases and bootlegs.

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History

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Opening on 30 May 1971, the club hosted an estimated 3,000 artists performing 6,000 shows during its 16-year run. The first show was Woodstock opener Richie Havens. The final performance was by the funk rock band Tower of Power on 3 May 1987.

Other locations

There were other venues with the same name:

  • 47-29 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, New York

    • Performances

    1971

  • May 30, Richie Havens (venue premiere performance)

    • 1972

  • February 8, Blue Öyster Cult
  • August 6, Glass Harp

    • 1973

  • April 20, Steeleye Span
  • July 31, Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band

    • 1974

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  • March 9, Rory Gallagher
  • March 19, Soft Machine
  • April 19, Roger McGuinn
  • May 16, Fairport Convention featuring Sandy Denny
  • July 2, Aerosmith
  • August 6, Linda Ronstadt

    • 1975

  • March 26, Ray Manzarek
  • September 10, Savoy Brown
  • November 18, Kingfish

    • 1976

  • March 22, Ramones
  • May 22, Tommy Bolin
  • August 31, Richie Furay
  • October 3, John Mayall
  • November 27, The Flying Burrito Brothers

    • 1977

  • April 23, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
  • October 10, Tom Waits

    • 1978

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  • Larry Carlton
  • March 20, Television
  • April 18, Richie Furay
  • July 13, John Prine
  • September 18, Johnny Winter
  • November 4, Rockpile
  • November 18, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - released as I'm Going to Do What I Wanna Do: Live at My Father's Place 1978

    • 1979

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  • February 13, Fabulous Poodles
  • March 29, The Police
  • June 10, Lou Reed
  • August 23, John Mellencamp
  • September 7, Rory Gallagher Band
  • November 29, Meat Loaf

    • 1980

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  • February 17, The Romantics
  • April 1, The Fools -released as a radio-station only EP on EMI America as "The First Annual Official Unofficial April Fool's Day Live Bootleg"
  • April 2, Squeeze
  • May 7, Grinderswitch
  • November 20 & 21, Siouxsie and the Banshees

    • 1981

  • July 4, The Psychedelic Furs
  • September 15, Riot

    • 1982

  • April 8, Mike Oldfield
  • April 10, Anthrax
  • July 20, Ramones

    • 1983

  • January 9, Blue Öyster Cult
  • March 18, Steve Vai
  • June 6, Dixie Dregs

    • 1984

  • July 21, Jorma Kaukonen

    • 1985

  • Jorma Kaukonen with band There Goes the Neighborhood (Jaco Pastorius - bass, Doug McClean - harmonica, Whitie Melvin - percussion, Ben Prevo - guitar, Rashied Ali – congas)

    • 1986

  • October 31, Ramones
  • November 1, Hot Tuna
  • November 7, Robin Trower
  • November 8, NRBQ
  • November 21, The Band
  • November 26, Billy Bragg
  • November 29, Robert Gordon

    • 1987

  • January 11, Roy Buchanan
  • May 3, Tower of Power (venue final performance)

    • References

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