Sweetwater Saloon

Sweetwater Saloon in 2004; it closed in September 2007.
Inside Sweetwater Saloon before opening time, 2004.

Sweetwater Saloon was a bar and music venue located at 153 Throckmorton Avenue[1][2] Mill Valley, California, with a 30-year history of live musical performances by the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello,[3] Jerry Garcia, The String Cheese Incident, John Lee Hooker and Carlos Santana. There were typically at least 4 to 5 musical acts booked per week making it a popular local hangout.[4][5][6] Sweetwater Saloon also featured an open mike night on Mondays that occasionally featured surprise performances by well-known artists such as Gregg Allman, Train and others.[7] Village Music, a nationally recognized independent record store also in Mill Valley held twice-yearly parties at Sweetwater by well-known musicians who were also Village Music store customers.[8] A documentary film about Village Music, Sweetwater and the music community in Mill Valley,Village Music: Last of the Great Record Stores was released in 2012. After closing in 2007 it was reopened as Sweetwater Music Hall in 2012 by Bob Weir and his partners a few blocks away from its original location [9]

  1. ^ Liu, Cynthia (March 30, 2006). "STREET DATE : Throckmorton Avenue". sfgate.com.
  2. ^ "The Sweetwater Saloon - CLOSED". Yelp.
  3. ^ Marin's deLone and Costello, together again By Paul Liberatore Marin Independent Journal 10/12/06 "The first place I played in America was at Sweetwater," Costello recalled. "It became a hangout."
  4. ^ Best of Marin Winners Archived copy Pacific Sun, 2006
  5. ^ "Lavay Smith News and Gossip from February, 2001". Archived from the original on 2002-08-16. "Jules Broussard and band perform every Sunday at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley"
  6. ^ Jules Brousard at the Sweetwater in Mill Valley - Daily Independent Journal (San Rafael, California) 20 Dec 1975• Page 54
  7. ^ Jorma Kaukonen digs to the roots - Philip Elwood, EXAMINER, December 20, 1995
  8. ^ Selvin, Joel (2007-09-03). "Renowned record store fading out". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-12-29.
  9. ^ Eisen, Benjy (2012-01-26). "Grateful Dead's Bob Weir Reopens Landmark Venue". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2022-08-23.