The Cellar Door

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=2 style="border-right: 1px solid #555555;" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width="100%" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="788" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 194 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="46cff950.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="532"><div>        </div> <bR> <bR> <div>       <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="contents7e.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Table of Contents">The Folk Memories Archive </A></FONT></div> <div> The Cellar Door</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="909" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1553 WIDTH="477"><div> Always something extra about playing at THE CELLAR DOOR.  Not just the warm cooperation between management and entertainers, but the audiences which always seemed to be that much hipper, and to show that extra bit of appreciation.  They made appearances at the D.C. club stand out as career highlights.</div> <bR> <div> The `warmth' of The Cellar Door was definitely something Betty Mann of The Gateway Trio picked up when she played there in 1964.  Here's an excerpt from her memories of an east coast tour that year.</div> <bR> <div> We were booked into the Cellar Door, a very popular folk club in Georgetown. Our run was from June 15 - 27, 1964.</div> <bR> <div>    We had a great opening night with full houses and very receptive crowds night after night.  Always did encores. The weather very hot and humid and there didn't seem to be any air conditioning. My main concern during that entire engagement was my hair, which I wore sort of like Prince Valiant - bangs and a short, blunt cut.</div> <bR> <div> By the time I had finished a set, I was wringing wet and my hair looked like I had just stepped out of a shower. I don't know how Milt [Chapman] and Jerry [Walter] stood the heat in their wool jackets, shirts and ties. I spent my time between sets drying and resetting my hair.</div> <bR> <div>    I think we did three shows a night.</div> <bR> <div> We were staying at the Woodner Hotel. The "Goodtime Singers" were living there also. Tom Lyons was the leader in that group.  The group was much like The Serendipity Singers.</div> <bR> <div>    On Friday night, June 19, we did two shows, and the "Goodtime Singers" sat in and did show number three. A real bonus for the audience.</div> <bR> <div>    The Kingston Trio also in town. Nick Reynolds came by one night and sat in with us for two songs.</div> <bR> <div>    We closed on Saturday, June 27, and we were so glad to get out of there. The gig was great, and we liked the management, but we couldn't take the heat and humidity.  After all, we were all from the San Francisco area and not used to this weather. </div> <bR> <div> Betty Mann Doutt</div> <div> July 2004</div> <bR> <div> Betty Mann is currently living in Santa Barbara, and doing research for a book about the folk era.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="421"><div> <IMG SRC="46e5e1e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="30" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="links6c.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="General Links"><IMG SRC="46d96190.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="25" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <bR> <div> CONTENTS</div> <bR> <div> Clubs</div> <div> <A HREF="cosmo_alley7a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cosmo Alley">Cosmo Alley</A> by Barbara Dane</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >Terrea Lea on </FONT><A HREF="garret70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Garret">The Garret</A>     </div> <div> Dolan Ellis on <A HREF="dolan_ellis80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Portofinos, Scottsdale">Portofino's</A></div> <div> <A HREF="troubadour79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Troubadour">The Troubadour</A>    by Dian James   </div> <div> <A HREF="cellar_door73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Cellar Door">The Cellar Door</A> by Betty Mann</div> <div> The hungry i  by Pat McCaskey</div> <div> <A HREF="mccabes7d.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="McCabes">McCabe's, Santa Monica</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Golden Bear">The Golden Bear</A>,  Huntington Beach</div> <div> <A HREF="roosevelt7b.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appearing in New York">The</A><A HREF="roosevelt7b.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Appearing in New York"> Roosevelt </A> by Betty Mann</div> <div> <A HREF="ash_grove6e.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ash Grove">The Ash Grove</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Don Robertson and The Iopan">the Iopan</A>, Santa Barbara</div> <div> <A HREF="cosmo_alley7a.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cosmo Alley">Cosmo Alley</A> by Don Gold</div> <div> <A HREF="santa_barbara74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Santa Barbara Scene">The Santa Barbara Scene</A></div> <div> <A HREF="ice_house6f.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ice House">Ice House</A>, Pasadena</div> <div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Nexus">The Nexus, Santa Barbara</A></div> <div> <A HREF="purple6b.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Purple Onion">The Purple Onion, San Francisco</A></div> <div> <A HREF="tony_townsend76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Noctambulist">The Noctambulist, Santa Barbara</A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >     </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="iopan75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Starting a Coffee House">Starting Up a Coffee House</A></div> <div> <A HREF="santa_barbara74.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Santa Barbara Scene">The Santa Barbara Folk Scene</A>     </div> <bR> <div> People/Groups</div> <div> <A HREF="lou_gottlieb81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lou Gottlieb">Lou Gottlieb</A></div> <div> <A HREF="stan_wilson72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Stan Wilson">Stan Wilson</A> by Travis Edmonson</div> <div> <A HREF="holstein6d.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fred Holstein">Fred Holstein</A></div> <div> <A HREF="gateway77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gateway Singers">Gateway Singers</A></div> <div> Bonnie Dobson on <A HREF="bonnie_dobson82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Writing Morning Dew">Morning Dew</A></div> <div> <A HREF="lenny_arrival71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LENNYS FIRST NIGHT AT THE HUNGRY I">Lenny Bruce</A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" > by Travis Edmonson</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="danbellack87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dan Bellack Folk Memories">Goldcoast Wanderers and Art, Bart & Fargo</A></div> <bR> <div> .... 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