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The DMG 32nd Anniversary FREE Weekly In-Store Performance Series Continues With:
Tuesday, March 28th:
6:30: T.J. BORDEN / A H - Cello / Voice
7:30: THOMAS HELTON / KENNY WARREN / MIKE PRIDE - ContraBass / Trumpet / Drums
8:30: PATRICK GOLDEN / JIM CLOUSE / DAVE SEWELSON / MATT HOLLENBERG / ADAM LANE
Rare Monday, April 3rd:
6:30: LEONID GALAGANOV / KENNY WARREN / AQUILES NAVARRO / DAVID CROWELL - Drums / Two Trumpets / Tenor sax
Tuesday, April 4th:
6:30: THOMAS HEBERER / JOE FONDA / JOE HERTENSTEIN - Trumpet / Contrabass / Drums
7:30: GIACOMO MEREGA / ANDREW SMILEY / RAF VERTESSEN - El Bass / Guitar / Drums
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Happy Thanksgiving to all who read the DMG weekly Newsletter, our many Friends, Family, Creative Musicians and Serious Listeners from your friends here at Downtown Music Gallery.
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In the Summer Time when the weather is fine..?!? Nope, too hot and humid! DMG is celebrating with a large CD Sale, some USED and some SALE CD’s.
Saturday, May 1st was the actual anniversary of Downtown Music Gallery, 30 years to the day! I am immensely proud of all we’ve accomplished since we opened out doors on 211 East 5th St. in the East Village. Special thanks to all of the well-wishers who’ve written to us or come down in the past month, we do appreciate your kind words of support! We, here at DMG, are going to celebrate for the entire month with some live outdoor events, some in-store on-line events and a series of on-line epis
Last Friday, May 1st, was the 29th anniversary of the modest beginning of Downtown Music Gallery. We opened our doors on May 1st of 1991! Our first store was at 211 East 5th St., around the corner from Cooper Union. Our rent was cheap ($750) and the store was not very big (750 sq ft). There were two owners, David Yamner & Steve Popkin, and I worked for them 6 days a week. Their plan was to sell Used CD’s and vinyl while I promoted Downtown/Progressive/Avant Jazz, what I dug the most. There wer