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CABALECREAMERY
Latest Update: February 9, 2013
Copyright © 2004-2011 Ross Hannan and Corry Arnold. All Rights Reserved.
Picture to Left: The Kentucky Colonels are joined on stage at the Cabale Creamery by Sandy Rothman in November 1964.
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The Cabale and Cabale Creamery, 2504 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA
(see also Questing Beast, Tito's and Longbranch)
None of this would be possible without the input from Sandy Rothman, Jesse Cahn, Evelyn Kerr and Sherwood Donahue
Evelyn Kerr's TimeMazine article on Chan Loughlin
This is an excerpt from Sandy Rothman’s brief memoir of the Cabale, written as part of a project on the great Clarence White, which is well worth reviewing.
The Cabale Creamery
Sandy Rothman
It was on San Pablo Avenue, a main north-south thoroughfare parallel to Telegraph on the opposite (west) side of town, at the southwest corner of Dwight Way and San Pablo. I don't recall how "Creamery" got attached to it -- maybe from the steamed milk that was in the cappuccinos and lattes? The name "Cabale" was taken from "Cabala," a medieval system of Jewish mysticism. (Other dictionary definitions are: "a traditional, esoteric, occult, or secret matter" and "an esoteric doctrine or mysterious art." Do any of those terms resonate with bluegrass, nearly a cult in itself?! Hahaha.)
In the early 1960s, there was a ‘folk circuit’ that emphasized serious folk music like Doc Watson and Mississippi John Hurt (as opposed to the more popular Kingston Trio-style of folk music). The Cabale was one of the anchors of the circuit, along with Club 47 in Cambridge, many clubs in Greenwich Village (such as the Gaslight and Folk City), the Ark in Ann Arbor and the Ash Grove in Los Angeles. The story of this circuit is well told in Jim Rooney and Eric Von Schmidt’s book Baby Let Me Follow You Down (U-Mass Press, 1979).
The Cabale, at 2504 San Pablo Avenue (at Dwight), was a folk club founded in late 1962 by Rolf Cahn and Debbie Green (two Cambridge, MA folkies) along with Howard Ziehm and Red Dog alum Chandler A. Laughlin III (later known as Travus T. Hipp). It opened on January 4, 1963 and ran until mid-1965, when the folk action moved to the Jabberwock. Somewhere along the way Carroll Peery, manager of the Chambers Brothers and Big Mama Thornton, happened to acquire a majority interest in the Cabale. Jesse Cahn, son of Cabale founder Rolf and folksinger Barbara Dane, recalls "I was the one who cleaned the johns and swept up and practically lived there until 1965 ...". Jesse went on to play with Tongue & Groove (with Lynne Hughes and Michael Ferguson) and the Chambers Brothers. After some time on the East Coast he returned to manage the Jabberwock for Bill "Jolly Blue" Ehlert when he moved across to San Francisco to run the Matrix. The name of the venue was changed to the Cabale Creamery in August of 1964. As a side issue, the one time notoriety of the Cabale/Cabale Creamery coffee house led the local vice squad and FBI to ban the licensing of any business under the name "Cabale" in the future. However, Chan Laughlin (Travus T Hipp) still retains Cabale News Service as his business cover. His broadcasts can be found on kpig.com.
One of the Cabale's founders was Rolf Cahn, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who had served in the US Army during the war and also played and taught classical, flamenco, and folk guitar. Bluegrass was scheduled only occasionally at the Cabale, but on the other hand, it was the only club in Berkeley where it was presented at all during that period (1963-4). The usual entertainment at the Cabale included local musicians and quite a few travelling "folk individuals" from the more developed Cambridge folk scene. (The similarity between the Cabale's monthly calendar and that of Cambridge's Club 47 may have been an inspiration for Rick Shubb's placement of Berkeley and Cambridge as next-door neighbours in his legendary "Humbead's Revised Map of the World" poster which may be viewed in the book "Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" by Von Schmidt & Rooney). Physically, the Cabale was a fairly small, long and narrow, dark room with the ambience of a '50s Beat coffeehouse. Coffee drinks were made at the far end of the room. When the Colonels played there the stage was against the long wall on the north side of the room (the right side as you walked in); later, it was on the short wall just inside and to the right of the entrance.
The name was amended from simply "the Cabale" to the Cabale Creamery in August 1964. The site of the Cabale Creamery became, briefly The Good Buddy (a poster from May 1965 survives), Caverns West and then, in the Fall of 1965, it became a club called The Questing Beast. Much of the performance history of the Questing Beach (November 1965 to May 1966) has been demystified (see here) due to the availability of posters, handbills and advertisements in the Berkeley Barb. Subsequently it became Tito’s, The Babylon and then in the early 1970s The Longbranch.
A List of Cabale Shows
Date | Cabale, 2504 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA | Some Interesting Notes | |
Friday | 04 January 1963 | Cabale opens to the public under the management and ownership of Rolf Cahn, Debbie Green, Howard Zeem and Chandler A. Laughlin III. | |
Sunday | 17 March 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 18 March 1963 | Janet Smith, Bobby Neuwirth & Buzzy Martin | |
Tuesday | 19 March 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Wednesday | 20 March 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | Flamenco |
Thursday | 21 March 1963 | Redwood Canyon Ramblers | Bluegrass |
Friday | 22 March 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson & Steve Talbott | Crabgrass |
Saturday | 23 March 1963 | Doug Brown, Cal Grayon & Carl Granich | |
Sunday | 24 March 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 25 March 1963 | Janet Smith, Bobby Neuwirth & Buzzy Martin | |
Tuesday | 26 March 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Wednesday | 27 March 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | |
Thursday | 28 March 1963 | Redwood Canyon Ramblers | |
Friday | 29 March 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson & Steve Talbott | |
Saturday | 30 March 1963 | Doug Brown, Cal Grayon & Carl Granich | |
Sunday | 31 March 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 01 April 1963 | Janet Smith, Bobby Neuwirth & Buzzy Marten | |
Tuesday | 02 April 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Wednesday | 03 April 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | |
Thursday | 04 April 1963 | Redwood Canyon Ramblers | |
Friday | 05 April 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson & Steve Talbott | |
Saturday | 06 April 1963 | Doug Brown, Cal Grayon & Carl Granich | |
Sunday | 07 April 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 08 April 1963 | Janet Smith, Bobby Neuwirth & Buzzy Martin | |
Tuesday | 09 April 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Wednesday | 10 April 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | |
Thursday | 11 April 1963 | Redwood Canyon Ramblers | |
Friday | 12 April 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson & Steve Talbott | |
Saturday | 13 April 1963 | Doug Brown, Cal Grayon & Carl Granich | |
Sunday | 14 April 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 15 April 1963 | Janet Smith & Merrit Herring | Ballads |
Tuesday | 16 April 1963 | Miriam Stafford & Huck Rorick | Blues & Country |
Wednesday | 17 April 1963 | Perry Lederman & Debbie Green | Folk & Guitar |
Thursday | 18 April 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | Flamenco |
Friday | 19 April 1963 | Bobby Neuwirth & Buz Marten | Country |
Saturday | 20 April 1963 | Judy Roderick, Al Young & Clarence Van Hook | Folk and Blues |
Sunday | 21 April 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 22 April 1963 | Janet Smith & Merrit Herring | Ballads |
Tuesday | 23 April 1963 | Miriam Stafford & Huck Rorick | Blues & Country |
Wednesday | 24 April 1963 | Perry Lederman & Debbie Green | Folk & Guitar |
Thursday | 25 April 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | Flamenco |
Friday | 26 April 1963 | Bobby Neuwirth & Buz Marten | Country |
Saturday | 27 April 1963 | Judy Roderick, Al Young & Clarence Van Hook | Folk and Blues |
Sunday | 28 April 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 29 April 1963 | Janet Smith & Merrit Herring | Ballads |
Tuesday | 30 April 1963 | Miriam Stafford & Huck Rorick | Blues & Country |
Wednesday | 01 May 1963 | Perry Lederman & Debbie Green | Folk & Guitar |
Thursday | 02 May 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | Flamenco |
Friday | 03 May 1963 | Bobby Neuwirth & Buz Marten | Country |
Saturday | 04 May 1963 | Judy Roderick, Al Young & Clarence Van Hook | Folk and Blues |
Sunday | 05 May 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 06 May 1963 | Janet Smith & Merrit Herring | Ballads |
Tuesday | 07 May 1963 | Miriam Stafford & Huck Rorick | Blues & Country |
Wednesday | 08 May 1963 | Perry Lederman & Debbie Green | Folk & Guitar |
Thursday | 09 May 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | Flamenco |
Friday | 10 May 1963 | Bobby Neuwirth & Buz Marten | Country |
Saturday | 11 May 1963 | Judy Roderick, Al Young & Clarence Van Hook | Folk and Blues |
Sunday | 12 May 1963 | Hoot | |
Monday | 13 May 1963 | Janet Smith & Merrit Herring | Ballads |
Tuesday | 14 May 1963 | Miriam Stafford & Huck Rorick | Blues & Country |
Wednesday | 15 May 1963 | Perry Lederman & Debbie Green | Folk & Guitar |
Thursday | 16 May 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | Flamenco |
Friday | 17 May 1963 | Bobby Neuwirth & Buz Marten | Country |
Saturday | 18 May 1963 | Judy Roderick, Al Young & Clarence Van Hook | Folk and Blues |
Sunday | 19 May 1963 | Reverend L Overstreet | Guitarist with his four sons |
Monday | 20 May 1963 | Janet Smith & Merrit Herring | Ballads |
Tuesday | 21 May 1963 | Miriam Stafford & Huck Rorick | Blues & Country |
Wednesday | 22 May 1963 | Perry Lederman & Debbie Green | Folk & Guitar |
Thursday | 23 May 1963 | Dave Jones, Fred Meija & Ernesto | Flamenco |
Friday | 24 May 1963 | Bobby Neuwirth & Buz Marten | Country |
Saturday | 25 May 1963 | Judy Roderick, Al Young & Clarence Van Hook | Folk and Blues |
Saturday | 01 June 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda (El Rubio, Fred Mejia, Ernesto); (from 11:00 to 01:00) Saturday Night at The Cabale on KPFA featuring Cabale Performers and Guests | |
Sunday | 02 June 1963 | Janet Smith, Tim Small | |
Monday | 03 June 1963 | Pine Ridge Ramblers | |
Tuesday | 04 June 1963 | Judy Roderick, Carl Dukatz | |
Wednesday | 05 June 1963 | KC Douglas & Clarence Van Hook | |
Thursday | 06 June 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | |
Friday | 07 June 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Saturday | 08 June 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda (El Rubio, Fred Mejia, Ernesto); (from 11:00 to 01:00) Saturday Night at The Cabale on KPFA featuring Cabale Performers and Guests | |
Sunday | 09 June 1963 | Janet Smith, Tim Small | |
Monday | 10 June 1963 | Pine Ridge Ramblers | |
Tuesday | 11 June 1963 | Judy Roderick, Carl Dukatz | |
Wednesday | 12 June 1963 | KC Douglas & Clarence Van Hook | |
Thursday | 13 June 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | |
Friday | 14 June 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Saturday | 15 June 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda (El Rubio, Fred Mejia, Ernesto); (from 11:00 to 01:00) Saturday Night at The Cabale on KPFA featuring Cabale Performers and Guests | |
Sunday | 16 June 1963 | Janet Smith, Tim Small | |
Monday | 17 June 1963 | Pine Ridge Ramblers | |
Tuesday | 18 June 1963 | Judy Roderick, Carl Dukatz | |
Wednesday | 19 June 1963 | KC Douglas & Clarence Van Hook | |
Thursday | 20 June 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | Crabgrass |
Friday | 21 June 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Saturday | 22 June 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda (El Rubio, Fred Mejia, Ernesto); (from 11:00 to 01:00) Saturday Night at The Cabale on KPFA featuring Cabale Performers and Guests | |
Sunday | 23 June 1963 | Janet Smith, Tim Small | |
Monday | 24 June 1963 | Pine Ridge Ramblers | |
Tuesday | 25 June 1963 | Judy Roderick, Carl Dukatz | |
Wednesday | 26 June 1963 | KC Douglas & Clarence Van Hook | |
Thursday | 27 June 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | |
Friday | 28 June 1963 | Perry Lederman & Al Young | |
Saturday | 29 June 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Sunday | 30 June 1963 | Janet Smith, Tim Small | |
Wednesday | 03 July 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda, Fred Meija | |
Thursday | 04 July 1963 | Mayne Smith, ????? | |
Friday | 05 July 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | Crabgrass |
Saturday | 06 July 1963 | Perry Lederman | |
Friday | 02 August 1963 | Jesse Fuller | |
Saturday | 03 August 1963 | Elmer Snowden Trio | |
Sunday | 04 August 1963 | Janet Smith & Mayne Smith | |
Monday | 05 August 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 06 August 1963 | Carol Leigh & Ken Ellis | 1920 Blues |
Wednesday | 07 August 1963 | Perry Lederman | |
Thursday | 08 August 1963 | Larry Hanks, Roger Perkins | |
Friday | 09 August 1963 | Jesse Fuller | |
Saturday | 10 August 1963 | Elmer Snowden Trio | |
Sunday | 11 August 1963 | Janet Smith & Mayne Smith | |
Monday | 12 August 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 13 August 1963 | Carol Leigh & Ken Ellis | |
Wednesday | 14 August 1963 | Perry Lederman | |
Thursday | 15 August 1963 | Larry Hanks, Roger Perkins, Canyon Cinema (Brakhage, 3:10 to Yuma) | |
Friday | 16 August 1963 | Mayne Smith, Niel Rosenberg & Scott Hambly | |
Saturday | 17 August 1963 | Elmer Snowden Trio | |
Sunday | 18 August 1963 | Mayne Smith, Niel Rosenberg & Scott Hambly | |
Monday | 19 August 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 20 August 1963 | Carol Leigh & Ken Ellis | |
Wednesday | 21 August 1963 | Perry Lederman | |
Thursday | 22 August 1963 | Larry Hanks, Roger Perkins | |
Friday | 23 August 1963 | Jesse Fuller | |
Saturday | 24 August 1963 | Elmer Snowden Trio | |
Sunday | 25 August 1963 | Mayne Smith, Niel Rosenberg & Scott Hambly | |
Monday | 26 August 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 27 August 1963 | Carol Leigh & Ken Ellis | |
Wednesday | 28 August 1963 | Perry Lederman | |
Thursday | 29 August 1963 | Larry Hanks, Roger Perkins, Canyon Cinema (Films of Larry Gordon) | |
Friday | 30 August 1963 | Jesse Fuller | |
Saturday | 31 August 1963 | Elmer Snowden Trio | |
Monday | 02 September 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 09 September 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 16 September 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 23 September 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 01 October 1963 | Ale Ekstrom, Debbie Green | |
Wednesday | 02 October 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 03 October 1963 | Carol Leigh | |
Friday | 04 October 1963 | Perry Lederman, Janet Smith, Al Young | |
Saturday | 05 October 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | Crabgrass |
Sunday | 06 October 1963 | Tim Small & Ellen Faust | |
Monday | 07 October 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 08 October 1963 | TA Talbot, JC Burris | |
Wednesday | 09 October 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 10 October 1963 | KC Douglas & Clarence Van Hook; Canyon Cinema (High Noon, Knight of the Trail, Great Train Robbery) | |
Friday | 11 October 1963 | Fred Gerlach | |
Saturday | 12 October 1963 | Fred Gerlach | |
Sunday | 13 October 1963 | Janet Smith, Cy Koch | |
Monday | 14 October 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 15 October 1963 | Ale Ekstrom, Ellen Faust | |
Wednesday | 16 October 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 17 October 1963 | Perry Lederman, Al Young | |
Friday | 18 October 1963 | Tim Small, Debbie Green | |
Saturday | 19 October 1963 | Rolf Kahn | |
Sunday | 20 October 1963 | Ale Ekstrom, Janet Smith | |
Monday | 21 October 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 22 October 1963 | TA Talbot, JC Burris | |
Wednesday | 23 October 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 24 October 1963 | Perry Lederman, Al Young, Canyon Cinema (Brother Orchid, All Wet, Christmas Carol Community Singing) | |
Friday | 25 October 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | Crabgrass |
Saturday | 26 October 1963 | Rolf Kahn | |
Sunday | 27 October 1963 | Cy Koch, Clarence Van Hook | |
Monday | 28 October 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Tuesday | 29 October 1963 | Janet Smith, Tim Small | |
Wednesday | 30 October 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 31 October 1963 | KC Douglas, Debbie Green | |
Friday | 01 November 1963 | Rolf Kahn | |
Saturday | 02 November 1963 | Al Young | |
Sunday | 03 November 1963 | Tim Small, Debbie Green | |
Monday | 04 November 1963 | Hoot | |
Tuesday | 05 November 1963 | Ellen Faust, | |
Wednesday | 06 November 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 07 November 1963 | JC Burris, TA Talbott | |
Friday | 08 November 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | Crabgrass |
Saturday | 09 November 1963 | Bukka White | |
Sunday | 10 November 1963 | JP Pickens | |
Monday | 11 November 1963 | Lightning Hopkins | |
Tuesday | 12 November 1963 | Lightning Hopkins | |
Wednesday | 13 November 1963 | Lightning Hopkins | |
Thursday | 14 November 1963 | Lightning Hopkins | |
Friday | 15 November 1963 | Al Young, Sandy Bull | |
Saturday | 16 November 1963 | Bukka White | |
Sunday | 17 November 1963 | Ellen Faust, Cy Koch | |
Monday | 18 November 1963 | Hoot | |
Tuesday | 19 November 1963 | Pat Kilroy, Janet Smith | |
Wednesday | 20 November 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 21 November 1963 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | Crabgrass |
Friday | 22 November 1963 | Al Young, Sandy Bull | |
Saturday | 23 November 1963 | Bukka White | |
Sunday | 24 November 1963 | Janet Smith | |
Monday | 25 November 1963 | Hoot | |
Tuesday | 26 November 1963 | Sandy Bull | |
Wednesday | 27 November 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 28 November 1963 | JC Burris, TA Talbott | |
Friday | 29 November 1963 | Perry Lederman, Al Young | |
Saturday | 30 November 1963 | Bukka White | |
Sunday | 01 December 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 02 December 1963 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 03 December 1963 | Perry Lederman | |
Wednesday | 04 December 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 05 December 1963 | TA Talbott, Lil Sun Glover, Dickens 44 | Tony Glover |
Friday | 06 December 1963 | Tom Paxton | |
Saturday | 07 December 1963 | Tom Paxton | |
Sunday | 08 December 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 09 December 1963 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 10 December 1963 | Snopes Country Camp Followers | |
Wednesday | 11 December 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 12 December 1963 | Perry Lederman | |
Friday | 13 December 1963 | Bukka White | |
Saturday | 14 December 1963 | Jesse Fuller | |
Sunday | 15 December 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 16 December 1963 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 17 December 1963 | Pat Kilroy, Janet Smith | |
Wednesday | 18 December 1963 | Los Flamencos De La Bogeda | |
Thursday | 19 December 1963 | Pete Berg, Toni Brown | |
Friday | 20 December 1963 | Bukka White | |
Saturday | 21 December 1963 | Jesse Fuller | |
Sunday | 22 December 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 23 December 1963 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 24 December 1963 | Closed | |
Wednesday | 25 December 1963 | Closed | |
Thursday | 26 December 1963 | Snopes Country Camp Followers | |
Friday | 27 December 1963 | Al Young, Debbie Green | |
Saturday | 28 December 1963 | Jesse Fuller | |
Sunday | 29 December 1963 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 30 December 1963 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 31 December 1963 | Closed | |
Wednesday | 01 January 1964 | Tim Small | |
Thursday | 02 January 1964 | Al Young | |
Friday | 03 January 1964 | Bobby Neuwirth | |
Saturday | 04 January 1964 | KC Douglas and His Band | |
Sunday | 05 January 1964 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 06 January 1964 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 07 January 1964 | Snopes Country Camp Followers | |
Wednesday | 08 January 1964 | Pat Kilroy, Debbie Green | |
Thursday | 09 January 1964 | Perry Lederman | |
Friday | 10 January 1964 | Barbara Dane | |
Saturday | 11 January 1964 | Danny Kalb | |
Sunday | 12 January 1964 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 13 January 1964 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 14 January 1964 | Kellery Powers, Lonny Feiner | |
Wednesday | 15 January 1964 | Al Young | |
Thursday | 16 January 1964 | Danny Kalb | |
Friday | 17 January 1964 | Barbara Dane | |
Saturday | 18 January 1964 | Hoot with Al Young | |
Sunday | 19 January 1964 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 20 January 1964 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 21 January 1964 | Reverend Gary Davis | |
Wednesday | 22 January 1964 | Reverend Gary Davis | |
Thursday | 23 January 1964 | Reverend Gary Davis | |
Friday | 24 January 1964 | Jesse Fuller | |
Saturday | 25 January 1964 | TA Talbott, Lil Sun Glover, Dickens 44 | |
Sunday | 26 January 1964 | Hoot with Ken Spiker | |
Monday | 27 January 1964 | Closed | |
Tuesday | 28 January 1964 | Perry Lederman | |
Wednesday | 29 January 1964 | Pete Berg, Toni Brown | |
Thursday | 30 January 1964 | Snopes Country Camp Followers | |
Friday | 31 January 1964 | Toni Brown, Dave Fredrickson, Art Koch & Perter Berg | Crabgrass |
Wednesday | 11 March 1964 | Jim Kweskin's Jug Band | |
Tuesday | 31 March 1964 | Elizabeth Cotten | |
Wednesday | 01 April 1964 | Elizabeth Cotten | |
Thursday | 02 April 1964 | Elizabeth Cotten | |
Thursday | 09 April 1964 | Perry Lederman, Clarence Van Hook | |
Thursday | 16 April 1964 | Perry Lederman, Clarence Van Hook | |
Thursday | 23 April 1964 | Kentucky Colonels | |
Wednesday | 29 April 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Thursday | 30 April 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Friday | 01 May 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Saturday | 02 May 1964 | Los Tigres De La Sierra (2pm); Mance Lipscombe (9pm) | |
Sunday | 03 May 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Monday | 04 May 1964 | Tom Glass and The Jazz Mice | |
Tuesday | 05 May 1964 | Los Flemencos De La Bogeda | |
Wednesday | 06 May 1964 | Pat Kilroy, Ben Willis | |
Thursday | 07 May 1964 | Perry Lederman | |
Friday | 08 May 1964 | Rolf Cahn | |
Saturday | 09 May 1964 | Rolf Cahn | |
Sunday | 10 May 1964 | Hoot | |
Monday | 11 May 1964 | Tom Glass and The Jazz Mice | |
Tuesday | 12 May 1964 | Los Flemencos De La Bogeda | |
Wednesday | 13 May 1964 | Pat Kilroy, Ben Willis | |
Thursday | 14 May 1964 | Perry Lederman | |
Friday | 15 May 1964 | Rag Time Quartet | Bob Detwilder, Vince Hickey, Red Honore, Peter Berg |
Saturday | 16 May 1964 | The Chevelles | Rhythm and Blues, Dancing |
Sunday | 17 May 1964 | Hoot | |
Monday | 18 May 1964 | Tom Glass and The Jazz Mice | |
Tuesday | 19 May 1964 | Los Flemencos De La Bogeda | |
Wednesday | 20 May 1964 | Nick Gravenites | |
Thursday | 21 May 1964 | Al Young, Wardez Taylor | |
Friday | 22 May 1964 | Rag Time Quartet | |
Saturday | 23 May 1964 | The Chevelles | Rhythm and Blues, Dancing |
Sunday | 24 May 1964 | Hoot | |
Monday | 25 May 1964 | Tom Glass and The Jazz Mice | |
Tuesday | 26 May 1964 | Lightning Hopkins, Clarence Van Hook | |
Wednesday | 27 May 1964 | Lightning Hopkins, Clarence Van Hook | |
Thursday | 28 May 1964 | Lightning Hopkins, Clarence Van Hook | |
Friday | 29 May 1964 | Lightning Hopkins, Clarence Van Hook | |
Saturday | 30 May 1964 | Lightning Hopkins, Clarence Van Hook | |
Sunday | 31 May 1964 | Hoot | |
Wednesday | 10 June 1964 | Barbara Dane | |
Thursday | 11 June 1964 | Barbara Dane | |
Friday | 12 June 1964 | Barbara Dane | |
Wednesday | 15 July 1964 | Mississippi John Hurt | |
Thursday | 16 July 1964 | Mississippi John Hurt | |
Friday | 17 July 1964 | Mississippi John Hurt | |
Friday | 14 August 1964 | First reference to The Cabale being called The Cabale Creamery under the ownership of Howard Ziehn and Carrol Peery | |
Tuesday | 18 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Wednesday | 19 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Saturday | 22 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Sunday | 23 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Tuesday | 25 August 1964 | Terry Garthwaite, Perry Lederman | |
Wednesday | 26 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Thursday | 27 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Friday | 28 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Saturday | 29 August 1964 | Chambers Brothers | |
Thursday | 29 October 1964 | Jesse Fuller | |
Friday | 30 October 1964 | Jesse Fuller | |
Saturday | 31 October 1964 | Jesse Fuller | |
Tuesday | 17 November 1964 | Kentucky Colonels | Sandy Rothman plays with the Kentucky Colonels on one of these dates |
Wednesday | 18 November 1964 | Kentucky Colonels | Sandy Rothman plays with the Kentucky Colonels on one of these dates |
Thursday | 19 November 1964 | Kentucky Colonels | Sandy Rothman plays with the Kentucky Colonels on one of these dates |
Friday | 20 November 1964 | Kentucky Colonels | Sandy Rothman plays with the Kentucky Colonels on one of these dates |
Saturday | 21 November 1964 | Kentucky Colonels | Sandy Rothman plays with the Kentucky Colonels on one of these dates |
Tuesday | 24 November 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Wednesday | 25 November 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Thursday | 26 November 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Friday | 27 November 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Saturday | 28 November 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Sunday | 29 November 1964 | Mance Lipscombe | |
Tuesday | 16 February 1965 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | |
Wednesday | 17 February 1965 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | |
Thursday | 18 February 1965 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | |
Friday | 19 February 1965 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | |
Saturday | 20 February 1965 | Mississippi Fred McDowell | |
Friday | 19 November 1965 | Opens under the ownership of Terry Sullivan and Tony Sage as The Questing Beast having briefly been called "The Good Buddy" and "Caverns West". |