VELVET UNDERGROUND LARGE t-shirt LA CAVE mr stress ZAPPA spirit FLEETWOOD MAC

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Brand new Large (L) 100% cotton LA CAVE T-SHIRT
The image on this T-SHIRT is from a card that was mailed/given out to promote January/February 1969 concerts at the legendary club LA CAVE in Cleveland Ohio. Read the acts listed and you will understand what a special venue La Cave was to host the VELVET UNDERGROUND, FRANK ZAPPA + MOTHERS OF INVENTION, B. B. KING, FLEETWOOD MAC, SPIRIT, TAJ MAHAL, MR. STRESS BLUES BAND, LINN COUNTY, SHIPLEY + BREWER (before switching to BREWER + SHIPLEY), BLOOD SWEAT + TEARS, the COLWELL-WINFIELD BLUES BAND.
T-SHIRT THEME: LA CAVE January+February 1969 concerts
BAND NAME: VELVET UNDERGROUND (and more see above)
COLOR: Sepia
SIZE:  L
make shirt and material: BELLA CANVAS brand 100% cotton
distance from armpit-to-armpit: 20"
distance shoulder-to-hem: 30"
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This was written by the archival recorder who captured many of the Velvet's shows in Cleveland. It appeared on a bootleg album made from his recordings:
Klimek: "In the period of April '67 to Mar '69 the Velvets played Cleveland 7 times. After an appearance with the Exploding Plastic Inevitable at Public Hall, they returned 5 times to play a basement club called La Cave, situated between a ghetto and the Cleveland Orchestra's home, Severance Hall. Located beneath the local social security offices, the former coffee house was virtually the only place during that period in which the band could play, the only other options being the Music Hall, a 3,000 seat auditorium, and the 10,000 seat Public Hall which was more suited to circuses and expositions. La Cave's dimensions were 60'x125' with a seating capacity of 250-300. The club would generally book rock bands to play Fri-Sat, two shows a night with an occasional 3:00 Sunday afternoon show. For the mere sum of .50 entrance was gained to a dimly lit rectangle with burlap and church pews covering one long wall, the stage on the other, and tables in between. The PA was Voice Of the Theaters powered by a low tech amp and mixed by a rudimentary board. The stage was a platform 10 inch high with barely enough room for the Velvets stage gear, which was comprised at first of double cabinet Vox amps, later changed to Acoustic amps. The drums had to be put on Lou's right, on the floor next to the PA cabinet. On Oct 2, 1968 the VU came in for another 3 day stand. With Cale being given the boot in late August, this marks Yule's first public appearance with the band, and Reed rose magnificently to the occasion with marvelous guitar work and much more forceful vocals than had been his wont. Sterling put the finishing touches on his bid for the title of the worlds greatest rhythm guitarist."