Minnesota Music Notes: Stories from First Avenue

Series produced by Ampers

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Minnesota Music Notes celebrating noteworthy artists, people and moments that shaped the history of Minnesota's Mainroom First Avenue

Minnesota Music Notes First Avenue are produced by Ampers with support from the Minnesota Historical Society and their new exhibit First Avenue: Stories from Minnesota's Mainroom


25 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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By 1986, the Replacements had played First Avenue and the Entry more times than they could count. They’d grown up—as men and as musicians—there. No...

Bought by KQAL, KSRQ, and KMSU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 3
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In 1983, The Time brought in a crew to record their concert at First Avenue. Producer Britt Aamodt takes a look at the Minneapolis R&B and funk ban...

Bought by KQAL, KSRQ, and KMSU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:37
  • Purchases: 3
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REM had yet to release an album. They were touring the U.S. on the strength of their first single, “Radio Free Europe”, and here they were in Minne...

Bought by KQAL, KSRQ, and KMSU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 3
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He was the Godfather of Soul. Now First Avenue’s office manager Chrissie Dunlap had to tell him he was late hitting the stage. Britt Aamodt shares ...

Bought by KQAL, KSRQ, and KMSU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 3
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Curt Almstead, known in the Twin Cities music scene as Curtiss A, couldn’t believe it. Some deranged man had just shot John Lennon dead. Almstead w...

Bought by KQAL, KSRQ, and KMSU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2019
  • Length: 01:38
  • Purchases: 3