*CLOSED*
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*’the national underground’ is a ‘music venue chain’ that was launched in ‘december 2007’*
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It is a roots rock Americana music bar founded in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, at 159 East Houston Street between Allen and Eldridge Streets.
In 2011, a further venue opened at 105 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37201.
The chain is co-owned by brothers Joey DeGraw and Gavin DeGraw, and offers music, food, and drink.
Joey DeGraw is an independent artist whose first record sold 40,000 copies without any label support.
Gavin DeGraw is a multi-platinum J Records recording artist.
The New York space once was home to Martignetti Liquors, and has been decorated with hanging tapestries and a pair of Texas longhorns above the bar.
The idea for the venue came about because the brothers wanted a place where they could hang out on a regular basis, and where other musicians could come in and listen and learn.
“We were picky about the quality of musicians that played there,” Gavin DeGraw says.
“We wanted a place where the players were so good, other musicians were like, ‘Wow! I really respect what they’re doing.'”
Musicians that have played at The National Underground include
Gavin DeGraw,
Joss Stone,
Chris Barron,
and The Shells.
Irish musician Rob Smith played his first ever US show at the venue in 2010.
R.E.M., Drive-By Truckers, and the Allman Brothers have stopped in to catch a show at the venue.
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(downstairs)
i originally booked an 7 april 2010 national underground show
(7:30pm wednesday night)
(through ‘angela’…another e-mail “booking bot”))
(well that never happened…)
(you just can’t trust these “booking agent” flakes)
so i just ended up walking into the joint and booking the gig myself…
it looked like a nice play to play…
(and the male bartender gave me the e-mail address of the booking agent)
20 july 2010
(tuesday night)
(6:45pm)
(owned by gavin degraw)
159 East Houston Street
New York, NY 10002-1004
take the F or V to 2nd Avenue
{21+ Venue}
www.thenationalunderground.com
(drummers bring cymbals + snare)
(a place where ‘downstairs’ means underground and ‘upstairs’ means ground level)
(across the street from the rockwood music hall)
(another solo acoustic set)
(by this time, i was already performing with the fragnitos)
setlist:
(18 songs)
no other baby
trespassing
baltimore blues
bigtime blues
katerina
cosmic creep
diamonds in the rough
let it charge
missed opportunities
past masters
rocky raccoon
dell dear
timber
to utopia!
like a lion
great white
don juan
virgin
(arrive at national underground by 5pm)
(probably will need to park at a parking garage)
(bring both guitars)
show starts @ 6:45pm
(played until sometime before 7:30pm)
(just electric guitar and voice)
(i went through about 12 songs)
(and my voice felt great tonight)
(only CJ Stenisci says he’ll be there)
(…and he won’t)
(allie mayzel and stef’s cousin christa marie said “maybe”)
(…and they won’t)
(danny coury “works too late” to come)
(same with stein)
(i was hoping that liliana and her boyfriend’s crew frequented the joint)
(but they never showed…)
(used house amp)
(first one didn’t work)
(so i used their other fender amp)
(with a bit of reverb)
(mama was the only person who came to the show)
(she videotaped the show)
(along with the soundman (a nice white dude), a cute blonde bartender, and a couple appreciative stragglers…)
(i was supposed to play ‘downstairs’)
(which was really the ‘underground’)
(but i played ‘upstairs’)
(which was really the ground floor)
(there was no “upstairs”)
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👈👈👈☜*“DEAD ENDS”* ☞ 👉👉👉
*THE LOWER EAST SIDE*
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