http://stevecheseborough.com/2008/09/08/what-happened-to-the-subway/ 1920s-30s-style Blues Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:28:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://stevecheseborough.com/2008/09/08/what-happened-to-the-subway/comment-page-1/#comment-6112 chezztone Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:39:44 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=99#comment-6112 I know -- you would think that with all the good will toward the Subway, and a documentary made about it, the effort to rebuild it would have succeeded. But what I've heard is that there was a scoundrel on the fundraising committee, who took a bunch of cash and took the wind out of the effort. Even if that hadn't happened, though, would anyone have raised enough money to rebuild the whole hotel, just so there could be a nightclub in the basement? Something seemed odd about the whole concept. I think Jimmy King's Subway nights at Schimmel's are a fine and appropriate tribute -- bringing back the music and the musicians and the host, without having to go through rebuilding a ruined hotel. It's really the music, not the building, that was the important thing. I know — you would think that with all the good will toward the Subway, and a documentary made about it, the effort to rebuild it would have succeeded. But what I’ve heard is that there was a scoundrel on the fundraising committee, who took a bunch of cash and took the wind out of the effort.
Even if that hadn’t happened, though, would anyone have raised enough money to rebuild the whole hotel, just so there could be a nightclub in the basement? Something seemed odd about the whole concept.
I think Jimmy King’s Subway nights at Schimmel’s are a fine and appropriate tribute — bringing back the music and the musicians and the host, without having to go through rebuilding a ruined hotel. It’s really the music, not the building, that was the important thing.

]]> http://stevecheseborough.com/2008/09/08/what-happened-to-the-subway/comment-page-1/#comment-6067 Rebecca Dunham Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:50:39 +0000 http://stevecheseborough.com/?p=99#comment-6067 I really wish they would have rebuilt the lounge. Have they thought about doing this at all? I really wish they would have rebuilt the lounge. Have they thought about doing this at all?

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