South Street Music Venue Closes Its Doors
By Rahel Solomon
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- When The Legendary Dobbs bar and music venue shut its doors, suddenly and unexpectedly Monday, some might tell you a piece of Philadelphia music history went with it.
"I was sad to hear it go down," said musician David Uosikkinen, drummer with The Hooters.
The bar sits silent now at 3rd and South Street and posted this message to its Facebook account stating its closing due to "circumstances beyond our control." CBS 3's request for a comment wasn't returned Tuesday. Music aficionados associate Dobbs with greats like Pearl Jam, Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins. David Uosikkinen, a drummer with The Hooters, also played there and says the loss is huge.
"It's a mainstay in the city, I think it's one less place to play and it's a significant place that went down, so yeah, sadness," said Uosikkinen.
The Legendary Dobbs for the most part has been around since the mid-70s and its just the latest venue to close its doors but despite this some in the music community say Philadelphia's music scene is thriving like never before.
"It's just a hotbed for young creative types and so we have so many more musicians, so many more music venues," said JUMP publisher George Miller.
Temple professor George Miller runs JUMP magazine which largely focuses on Philadelphia's music scene and says while the news of Dobbs' closing was upsetting.
"I think its more of a nostalgic thing," said Miller.
It wasn't a surprise.
"Dobbs represented a more traditional rock sound and I think Philadelphia these days is really popular with independent music," said Miller.
Miller says there are more music venues around now than he's ever seen before, but for longtime live music lovers, Dobbs will notably no longer be one of them.
