Walking Tour of 1970's Music Venues of the East Village

9 Reviews4.56 out of 5 stars Based on 9 reviews collected by Cool New York City and TripAdvisor | New York City, USA
The mosaic outside the Fillmore East which captures the legends who played there
My brother and I outside CBGB's in 2005
Mural commemorating Blondie across from what used to be CBGB's
Tour ends outside what used to be The Bottom Line, IMHO New York's best music of the late 70's.
Outside what used to be The Fillmore East and in front of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts which features in the story
Club 82, where acts like The New York Dolls, Blondie and Talking Heads honed their skills
My brother inside CBGB's at the bar 2005

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Travel back to the 1970s, to an East Village when apartments were cheap, Rock was great, and you had to show up in person to buy tickets! We’ll visit the sites of the legendary Fillmore East, the long gone CBGB’s, and The Bottom Line, places that launched the careers of some of the biggest names in music. We’ll also walk to some lesser known, but equally significant, sites where artists honed their craft and first gained a following, places like Club 82, On the Rocks, and Great Gildersleeves. Were you at The Bottom Line in 1975 when Bruce Springsteen first blew the socks off the music world with Born to Run? Or did you see Patti Smith at CBGB’s in 1976 after the release of Horses? What a SHOW! We’ll also revisit some of the legendary shows of The Who and Pink Floyd at the Fillmore East, as well as the New York Dolls at the Mercer Arts Center. Along the way we’ll dip our toe into the world of Disco at the site of Infinity, a dance club destroyed by fire1979.

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