Monday, July 11, 2011
Wow The Red Rose Is Dead; Long Live Your Feelings About The Red Rose
Posted by Steve Haruch on Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- Photo: Bingham Barnes
Well, you can scratch The Red Rose off the endangered list and hit "publish" on that obit you've had sitting in your drafts since January. Whatever petitions were floating around did nothing to stop the demolition of the once-beloved Murfreesboro cafe and venue, once run by Glossary's Bingham Barnes and staffed by (then) unlikely Bonnaroo second-stage performer Sharon Van Etten. ("Well, working at Red Rose was amazing. It was my home away from home," she told me just before she played The 5 Spot early this year.) Today on Facebook, Barnes posted two photos of The Red Rose's demise. The first is above, the second below. Pour some out for Bucket City.
Comments (7)
Showing 1-7 of 7
holy shit! I knew I recognized her from somewhere (Sharon Van Etten). She used barista up there. It provided many nights of respite from studies and fellow run-of-the-mill MTSU students, but it ran its course. They had good sandwiches too.
like
dislike
Damnation. Well, this seems to be as good a place as any to ask: Is there anyplace left to play in Murfreesboro that's worth a shit?
Well, it's a shame that such a cool building is finally gone. But the whole "Red Rose" that we know it was gone long ago, so this isn't really a sad day. There will be another, probably very soon. Murfreesboro is a college town that is ripe for the picking right now for any young entrepreneur that has a good idea. Actually, it's in almost exactly the same state it was in right before the Spongebath explosion that spawned years of Murfreesboro topping Nashville on the "cool scale". Someone could open another great hangout for the college age crowd, but in this economy....it's gonna be tough. There are a lot of great things going on in this town right now (I live here, if you couldn't tell), but they tend to ride the line of "small town community functions" rather than the music fueled powerhouse that it once was.
Which isn't a horrible, horrible thing, since music kinda blows right now. So I don't feel incredibly left out!
Big bummer. When I was in high school in the late 90s, we'd roll-up from Shelbyville to go to the Red Rose all the time. Good times.
While it was a cool place, and it's sad to see it go- no one was gonna revive it. It just would never happen. And James Robbins said it well on facebook: it's the people, not the place. It had its time.
Vote here for best Band of the Week
Slideshows
Top Commenters
