The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, January 16, 1981, Page Page 20, Image 20
Quart
By Dea
Staff
For well over a year, a fr
nightclub entertainment yiel<
struggled in every effort to b
area. Poor turnouts for conc
management and performex
Rivers Scarborough says he h
on the Quarter Moon up for sal
However, Scarborough's ei
acoustically oriented listening
of "mini-concerts" featuring I
is projected which will keep 1
aooui one night a week. The
night with a performance b}
continue with well known ja
scheduled to appear February
"We found that we could i
every week," said Scarborou
hopefully generate more ent
than we've experienced in tli
believes that if his mini-coi
Quarter Moon, then its closing
Entertainmer
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indicated that the bar could
Scarborough contends that the
the fault of the people. "Here
have never had the opportunit;
jazz, and folk music," he expla
alternative idea off a music i
never fully understood by the p
Even from the Quarter Moo
competition from other area
success. The warm and gentle
ironically became one of the fa<
downfall. Too few patrons were
dollar cover charge and then s
all evening. "It would be nice 1
commented sound coordinate
town, bars are supported by n
we've failed to do."
As a bar owner with financial
nightspots, Scarborough believ
originality is out. "Great artist
just a reflection of the times. B
folding all over the country. Th
left the folk singers playing in
said.
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prices - here's
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esh and innovative concept in
ied by the Quarter Moon has
ecome known in the Columbia
:erts have dismayed both the
s to the point where owner
as considered putting the lease
e.
nntiftnal invnlliamant "rlfU Kin
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; room still persists. A schedule
top name blues and jazz artists
:he Quarter Moon's doors open
mini-concert series began last
/ Jonathan Edwards and will
zz bands such as Taj Mahal,
4.
not operate for six full nights
igh. "These mini-concerts will 1
husiasm towards our concept
te past." Scarborough said he
ncert series can support the
can be avoided.
it
)mmentary
ty to draw sufficient crowds
I not survive for very long,
lack of interest was not solely
in the Columbia area people
y to be exposed to good blues,
lined. "We tried to present the
oom, but somehow this was
eople we drew on."
n's optimistic beginnings, the
bars lessened its hopes for
i atmosphere projected there
;tors which led to the eventual
i willing to pay the four to five
;it and listen quietly to music
;o be all things to all people,"
r Skippy Beach, but in this
>rfll1 O r?c *- ? ? il-2
.guiaia auu UI1S lb itUIIieUling
interests in several Columbia
es that trend music is in and
s can't get work today and its
ars like the Quarter Moon are
e rat race music business had
empty rooms," Scarborough
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