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Dylan joins Rick Danko, Levon Helm, and Sredni Vollmer (harp) (You can click twice on the photos to fully expand them. Then click the left arrow (back page) to get back.) This was the famous Lone Star Cafe (1976-1989), a Texas-themed bar/restaurant in Greenwich Village, New York. It was at 61 FIfth Avenue at 13th Street. The nightclub sported a 40-foot long, 2,600 pound sculpture of a giant iguana created by artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade on top of the building. The sculpture, nicknamed, "Iggy" is now at the Fort Worth Zoo. The building, built as Schrafft's restaurant in 1938, is now a 10-story modern condominium.
Rick Danko and Levon Helm often played at the Lone Star after the Band split up, sometimes with other musicians, including Richad Manuel and Garth Hudson. On February 8th, 1983 their old friend Bob Dylan joined them onstage and played with them. Seen onstage, from left to right: Shredni Volper (harp), Levon Helm (mandolin), Bob Dylan (guitar), and Rick Danko (guitar)
photo by Elliott Landy Here's a colorized version of Elliott Landy's famous shot from that night.
photo by Elliot Landy The building, built as a Schrafft's restaurant in 1938, was a jewel-like art deco gem. When you entered, there was a bar to the left, and a small stage to the right, next to the stairway.
(the photo has been colorized) The former Band members and Dylan played about 5 songs together on the small stage. Here's the scene, PopSpotted.
Photo by Elliott Landy Elliott Landy, the photographer, is a legendary rock lensman and captured many iconic 60's music photos of Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Peter, Paul, and Mary, The Band, Van Morrison and many others. You can find a list of his album cover shots (like Dylan's Nashville Skyline) and books at his Wikipedia page: here. Here are some other shots from the Dylan,Danko, and Volper music jam that night.
photo by Elliott Landy A happy Bob and Levon
Photographer unknown Rick, Bob, and Levon
photo by Frank Ahart Bob alone.
Another smilin' Bob.
A color shot.
Another color shot.
photo by Frank Ahart Dylan arriving. (low resolution photo)
This is Levon Helm describing the night Dylan showed up at his and Rick's gig at the Lone Star from his book This Wheel's on FIre by Levon Helm and Stephen Davis (Morrow, 1993).
The Lone Star in its pre-iguana days. The location was the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 13th Street five blocks north of the arch in Washington Square Park.
photo by Edmund Vincent Gillon The front of the Lone Star
Before it was the Lone Star, it was built as a Schrafft's restaurant, part of a chain of mid-priced restaurants.
Here's the front entrance when it was a Schrafft's.
Here's an old shot from upstairs looking down at the area where Dylan, Levon, and Rick would be playing.
This shot shows Willie Nelson and his band playing on the same stage as where Dylan played. The shot is from ustairs looking down at the bar.
photo by Stephanie Chernikowski Here's the Lone Star Cafe entry from WIkipedia: "The Lone Star Cafe was a cafe and club in New York City at 61 Fifth at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 13th Street, from 1976 to 1989. The Texas-themed cafe opened in February 1976 and became the premier country music venue in New York and booked big names and especially acts from Texas, like Greezy Wheels, George Strait, Asleep at the Wheel and Roy Orbison. Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman, Roy Orbison, Delbert McClinton, Freddy Fender, Lonnie Mack, Doug Sahm, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ernest Tubb, and the Lost Gonzo Band were among Texas musicians who frequented the Lone Star Cafe. Joe Ely and Billy Joe Shaver also appeared at the cafe. The words from Shaver's 1973 song "Old Five and Dimers Like Me" were displayed on a banner in the front of the cafe: "Too Much Ain't Enough." Other national acts played the cafe, including The Blues Brothers, Clifton Chenier, the blues duo Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Toots & the Maytalls, Wilson Pickett and James Brown, who recorded a live album there in 1985. Outlaw country pioneer Johnny Paycheck recorded his live album New York Town at the cafe in 1980. Bob Dylan joined a Levon Helm and Rick Danko concert at the cafe in 1983, and again in 1988. The cafe was co-founded by Mort Cooperman and Bill McGivney, two ad executives at Wells Rich Greene Advertising. . . . Bill McGivney left shortly afterwards and was replaced by Bill Dick. Both Bill Dick and Mort Cooperman appeared in Kinky Friedman's book A Case of the Lone Star. Bill Dick was depicted as the owner and Mort Cooperman was the nefarious Detective Sergeant Mort Cooperman." An old Lone Star Cafe advertisement from the ViIlage Voice.
SOME OTHER MUSICIANS WHO PLAYED AT THE LONE STAR CAFE Jerry Lee Lewis at the Lone Star.
James Brown at the Lone Star.
WIllie Nelson and John Belushi at the Lone Star.
Bob Diddley at the Lone Star Cafe.
(photo by Ebet Roberts) Bobby Keyes at the Lone Star.
MORE ABOUT THE GIANT IGUANA NAMED "IGGY" From Wikipedia: . . . "The cafe sported a unique 40-foot sculpture of a giant iguana created by artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade on top of the building. . . .It was made of wire mesh and polyurethane foam. . . . Some neighbors did not appreciate the sculpture and sought to have it removed. Although a court battle determined that it was "art," eventually it was removed. . . . In 1983 with the support of Mayor Ed Koch, the Iguana was restored to the roof at a ceremony with Koch and then-Texas governor Mark White." Aftter the bar closed, the statue was moved to Texas where it found a home at the Forth Worth Zoo. Iggy shows up on an import record, below . . .
Iggy on the roof.
Some neighbors to the club had a great view of Iggy.
Iggy surveys the corner of 13th Street and FIfth Avenue.
Iggy poses on the roof with the man who created him - the sculptor Bob (Daddy-O) Wade in the 1970's.
Iggy in Lower Manharttan (the former World Trade Center is in the background) on his way to Texas.
Iggy at its new home at the Forth Worth Zoo in Texas.
ADDENDUM: Some more shots of the building when it was a Schrafft's restaurant in the 1930's.
Looking down from upstairs.
Upstairs.
Upstairs, again.
Ground level.
This corner building is the building that replaced the Lone Star.
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