Hawaii game cancelled

[BCPanther]

Sharkey’s is in the same space as Bo Jingles. Suds is the bar above. Both are currently owned by one of my college rugby teammates.

I can't imagine Thomas playing rugby. Just doesn't seem like him lol

[ronfitch]

An infrequent poster here but I gotta say I'm enjoying this thread re-living the old UNI days on the hill ('79-'83 for me). Sorry to hear that it's gone downhill since then.

A few questions if ronfitch, bobcat, Stein Pizza, QCPanther (or anybody else in the know) wouldn't mind answering...

1. First of all, that HOLS video posted and a few others that I just watched as a result are awesome. Man, those guys are great. I never heard of them before now. Too bad they came after my time at UNI. I spent a lot of time at Steb's (Dave M, Sherm M, anyone?) and the Stein (Pizza Dave) and some OP too my Jr and Sr years; (The Paw (predecessor to Pour Richards & Mohair Pear) and BoJingles Fr and So years) mainly. Great memories. It sounds like HOLS played at Steb's a lot.

I'm curious on their background - are they from IA and met and formed as a group as students at UNI originally? Do they play anymore?

Dave grew up in Cedar Falls, played in bands in high school. Dave Berg - I think he was the first drummer - also from CFHS. Not sure we’re Barb is from. Not sure when/how HoLS started but, yeah, they played Stebs a lot.

2. ronfitch, Is SR Turner that you reference painting the Steb's ceiling and walls, Steve Turner (we all just called him Turner, thin build, blonde hair)? I knew him casually and seem to recall that he was pretty artistic and sort of remember maybe him painting those murals.

Same guy. He also played in bands that played Stebs. The panels include lots of the locals in them.

3. QCPanther mentioned Suds & Sharkey's, is / was that above where the old BoJingles was? Went there maybe a few times as they spun up just as my rather mediocre academic career was ending...

What was in the Suds space before Suds? I remember going up there in’83 or ‘84 for the first time and thought it was shortly after it opened, but no recollection of what was there before Suds.

Thanks for the trip down memory land and anyone that doesn't mind satisfying my curiosity...

[skydog0784]

Dave grew up in Cedar Falls, played in bands in high school. Dave Berg - I think he was the first drummer - also from CFHS. Not sure we’re Barb is from. Not sure when/how HoLS started but, yeah, they played Stebs a lot.



Same guy. He also played in bands that played Stebs. The panels include lots of the locals in them.



What was in the Suds space before Suds? I remember going up there in’83 or ‘84 for the first time and thought it was shortly after it opened, but no recollection of what was there before Suds.

Thanks Ron... Good info on HoLS. I'm staring to listen to them, good stuff so far from what I've heard.

I do remember Turner playing in some bands at Steb's now that you mention it. Bob Door / Blues Band played there quite a bit during that time too.

There wasn't a bar there before Sud's. It was actually the upper level to Bo's. At the time ('79-'80), Bo's was so popular (Disco Fever aftermath, the big pickup bar at the time) that people would stand in line and it was packed. You could by-pass that line by taking that back stairs (not accessible to the general public, that you later used to access Sud's) by providing a "secret password" - believe it or not. Just stupid, immature 18-19 y/o stuff. Anyway, Bo's popularity diminished greatly in 1981-83 (after the whole Disco thing died). They carved that out into two bars in 1983 - Sud's on top and Bo's on the main floor.

[SteinPizza]

Another band that played Stebs frequently back then was Trip Shakespeare. If I remember correctly, a couple of guys from that group later joined up with some others to form another band that ended up hitting it big for a few years, with a couple of songs getting national radio play, etc. I can’t remember if Trip Shakespeare was local or not.

[skydog0784]

Another band that played Stebs frequently back then was Trip Shakespeare. If I remember correctly, a couple of guys from that group later joined up with some others to form another band that ended up hitting it big for a few years, with a couple of songs getting national radio play, etc. I can’t remember if Trip Shakespeare was local or not.

I didn’t know that either. Another band that played after my time at UNI. They were from Minneapolis. The band you’re thinking of that some members went on to form is Semisonic. Closing Time was their big hit that got National radio play.

[BobCat]

[QUOTE=ronfitch;n715001]

Here's a ballad for ya ...

Nice! A quiet, reflective tune to ease me through the day...

[BobCat]

Man, some great stuff here. I had several afternoons on the deck at Suds, but my main hangout was Pour Richard's...I still crave beer nuggets sometimes.

HoLS was the biggest band from CF, probably...they were even on Columbia/CBS for a while. (Dorr's Blue Band was pretty big regionally, and Greg Brown/Bo Ramsey are more Iowa City based). TripMaster Monkey and Fat Bertha & the Loveshakers were really fun as well.

I forgot about Trip Shakespeare playing at Steb's, we used to play them at the student radio station KGRK. A lot of (later known) artists came through there, it would be fun to find a list.

[English77]

My boys were toddlers / grade schoolers in the 1980s; junior high and high schoolers in the 90s. Much of that time we lived in a starter home on 13th St between College and Catherine. Dirt poor! Occasionally I would head up to Steb's on a night I had free. Loved HoLS. Since I was older than the average patron, I normally just stayed long enough for a beer or two and and stood on the sidelines. Back when I was the age of the average patron at Stebs, I hung at the Circle downtown (early 1970s). My "backyard" in those days was a rooftop that looked out over the city parking lot south of the Circle (it is now the outdoor seating area for Montage). The area up the stairs and to the right (south) at Montage used to house a couple of apartments back in the day. Good, good memories. Thanks for bringing up the topic and letting me share!

[ronfitch]

Trip Shakespeare was out of Minneapolis.

Here is a fun site:

https://wayback.archive-it.org/10306/20180611162624/http://thesecrethistory.org/index.php/Main_Page

I still kick myself for missing Black Flag at the Boathouse. I was much more a blues fan, but, damn … Black Flag played Cedar Falls?!

[TREE]

Seems like suds was named The Wild Boar and the Boars nest back when Mary Kay’s fries and Chicago dogs also and hyper dogs(3 for a dollar) we big. That was after they after they had the portable bagel stands on the hill.

[ronfitch]

Seems like suds was named The Wild Boar and the Boars nest back when Mary Kay’s fries and Chicago dogs also and hyper dogs(3 for a dollar) we big. That was after they after they had the portable bagel stands on the hill.

Mmmmm … those cheese fries on a Saturday night.

[English77]

Here is a fun site:
https://wayback.archive-it.org/10306....php/Main_Page

It does look fun.

[skydog0784]

This thread just keeps on delivering.

This is now my most favorite thread ever on PN.

[BobCat]

Combination of memories of a shared place/experience...and a lack of actual games to watch.

[QCPanther05]

An infrequent poster here but I gotta say I'm enjoying this thread re-living the old UNI days on the hill ('79-'83 for me). Sorry to hear that it's gone downhill since then.

A few questions if ronfitch, bobcat, Stein Pizza, QCPanther (or anybody else in the know) wouldn't mind answering...

1. First of all, that HOLS video posted and a few others that I just watched as a result are awesome. Man, those guys are great. I never heard of them before now. Too bad they came after my time at UNI. I spent a lot of time at Steb's (Dave M, Sherm M, anyone?) and the Stein (Pizza Dave) and some OP too my Jr and Sr years; (The Paw (predecessor to Pour Richards & Mohair Pear) and BoJingles Fr and So years) mainly. Great memories. It sounds like HOLS played at Steb's a lot.

I'm curious on their background - are they from IA and met and formed as a group as students at UNI originally? Do they play anymore?

2. ronfitch, Is SR Turner that you reference painting the Steb's ceiling and walls, Steve Turner (we all just called him Turner, thin build, blonde hair)? I knew him casually and seem to recall that he was pretty artistic and sort of remember maybe him painting those murals.

3. QCPanther mentioned Suds & Sharkey's, is / was that above where the old BoJingles was? Went there maybe a few times as they spun up just as my rather mediocre academic career was ending...

Thanks for the trip down memory land and anyone that doesn't mind satisfying my curiosity...

I was there from 02-06. I’m actually have trouble remembering some of these bars. Pour Richards closed after my freshman year, I believe. Sharkey’s was kind of a freshman bar where you could pretty easily drink underage. BoJingles was before my time. Suds was great and spent a lot of time there when I was 21+. OP of course was solid. The Library opened as I was leaving. Stein pizza was a mainstay but the bar itself wasn’t very good. The Reverb on Main Street was a mainstay for us, but that was the only reason to go down there. I think all of these bars except for Suds are gone now. They also banned homecoming on the Hill when I was there. Imagine walking onto campus as an 18 year old kid and going to a huge street party with women flashing their tits and whatnot. UNI had the best homecoming in the state then. The Hill seems way more sterile now and it saddens me when I go back.