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The Blue Note (Missouri)
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The Blue Note is a music venue
in Columbia, Missouri
. It was established in 1980 by Richard King and Phil Costello in a restored vaudeville
theater. The original Blue Note was located at 912 Business Loop 70 East and moved to its Ninth Street location in the early 90's. It is famous/infamous for the legal case over naming use on the internet. It has hosted numerous musical acts, including Phish, REM, Husker Du (their last show), Uncle Tupelo, Meat Puppets, The Replacements, The Minutemen, Dinosaur Jr., Black Flag, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Shinedown
, Dave Matthews Band
, Johnny Cash
, and Willy Nelson, and holds a free five-part concert series every summer called "Ninth Street Summerfest".
Music venue
A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music...
in Columbia, Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the...
. It was established in 1980 by Richard King and Phil Costello in a restored vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
theater. The original Blue Note was located at 912 Business Loop 70 East and moved to its Ninth Street location in the early 90's. It is famous/infamous for the legal case over naming use on the internet. It has hosted numerous musical acts, including Phish, REM, Husker Du (their last show), Uncle Tupelo, Meat Puppets, The Replacements, The Minutemen, Dinosaur Jr., Black Flag, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Soul Asylum, Shinedown
Shinedown
Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida, formed in 2001 and founded by members Brent Smith , Brad Stewart , Jasin Todd , and Barry Kerch . A few line-up changes followed, and the band's current line-up consists of Smith and Kerch, the band's only two remaining original...
, Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
, Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash
John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...
, and Willy Nelson, and holds a free five-part concert series every summer called "Ninth Street Summerfest".