Dude IS Mr. First Ave. He's been First Ave's guru forever, and even though hundreds of people have made the club what it is, he's done more than anyone to make this local music scene.
There are hundreds of us geezers who can regale you with tales of McClellan's passion, soul and cantankerousness — which will undoubtedly fill acres of print soon — but I mostly wanted to let folks know what I've heard and shake the tree for more news.
Just for the hell of it, here's a link to a great oral history City Pages did last year. (By the way, they also have a wonderful Pride Parade oral history in the issue out today.)
http://www.citypages.com/databank/24/1187/article11480.asp
Here's our own most recent McClellan story, about the pressure of competing with Clear Channel:
http://www.skywaynews.net/articles/2004/02/23/news/news03.txt
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