| Title |
Title
Title
Cowtown Music
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content type |
Content type
|
||||
| Description |
Description
Feature article about the Cowtown Ballroom, located in the former El Torreon ballroom at 3109 Gillham Road in Kansas City, Missouri. The Cowtown Ballroom opened July 1971 and closed Sept. 16, 1974. It featured rock and folk music of the day. It had a logo of a cow's head smoking a joint. Joe Heyen is currently making a documentary film about the venue. The main founders were Stan Plesser, Dan "Mort" Moriarty, and the Peterson brothers. Includes numerous photographs, some of former performers who played at the Cowtown Ballroom like comedian Steve Martin.
|
||||
| Creator Name |
Creator Name
Creator: Adler, Eric
Creator: Blocher, Fred
|
||||
| Item Type |
Item Type
|
||||
| Date(s) |
Date(s)
2008-03-09
|
||||
| Subject (local) |
Subject (local)
|
||||
| Digital Collection(s) |
Digital Collection(s)
|
||||
| Related Item |
Related Item
The Kansas City Star Magazine
|
||||
| Part |
Part
|
||||
| Shelf Locator |
Shelf Locator
Vertical File: Dance Halls
|
||||
| Restriction on Access |
Restriction on Access
This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests
|
