40th Anniversary Reunion to Fete Red Lion Inn
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL › October 19, 2006
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BLOOMINGTON - "I am Red Lion Inn, hear me roar."
That could have been the motto for downtown Bloomingtons No. 1 live music club of the 70s, when the brick-front venue at the corner of Market and Center streets was at its peak of nightlife dominance - the mane attraction, so to speak.See the full content of this document
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40th Anniversary Reunion to Fete Red Lion Inn
It was where you got a fresh new band almost every night of the week (unheard of in downtown Bloomington).
It was where the "regulars" list included names like REO Speedwagon, Cheap Trick and Head East (before the rest of the country heard of them).It was where you looked for the best stage/dance floor set-up in town (at least before the disco era spawned a new breed of venue, usually on the Beltline perimeter or beyond, a la Fannys Trolley, The Poison Apple and others).Th...See the full content of this document
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