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The El Mocambo and its iconic signage have stood near the corner ofCollege and Spadina Streets since the 1940s when the bar was one of thetop nightlife destinations in the city.
The four El Mocambo songs tucked into Love You Live weren’t pure; the band overdubbed new parts onto some of them.Live at the El Mocambo restores them to their untouched state–while also ...
El Mocambo sign lights up the night as snow tumbles down It was shuttered in 2014, a broke ... and a crowd of people had started to form in clusters of three or four.
However, here in front of El Mocambo’s crowd of 300 he’s just marvellously in your face as a singer and frontman, all the way from soup to nuts. Ken Regan’s photos from those two nights underline that ...
The El Mocambo is almost back. We’ve said that before, many times.But now we’ve actually been inside. Owner Michael Wekerle invited media on a walkthrough of the historic venue Tuesday for the ...
On March 4 and 5, 1977, the Rolling Stones played Toronto’s tight, grungy El Mocambo club. The shows were sneaky and secret ... “The secret was out and crowd was juiced up.
GIRLS at the El Mocambo, Tues., Nov. 10. ... Considering that the El Mo isn’t known for its ... We weren’t really expecting Girls to be throwing themselves in the crowd or setting ...
Live at the El Mocambo features the entirety of the Stones’ — or the Cockroaches’ — March 5, 1977 gig at the 300-capacity Toronto club, plus three bonus tracks from the March 4 show.
Live at the El Mocambo. Elvis Costello. 2009. 8.4. By Stephen M. Deusner. Genre: Rock. Label: ... these songs are ferocious live, and it helps that they have a rowdy crowd in front of them, who ...
The El Mocambo has gone through its own changes over the years, but in 2012 Mr. Grosso and his partner bought the property with a vision to restore its glory.
TORONTO - Nearly seven years after audacious businessman Michael Wekerle began chasing the El Mocambo’s famous palm tree neon sign, he’s finally opened the concert venue that came with it.
A pair of legendary club gigs that the Rolling Stones did in 1977, oft-bootlegged over the decades, will finally get its official release May 13, as “Live at the El Mocambo” arrives as a two ...