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Lawrence Music Archive

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About Me

The Lawrence Music Archive is a project dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich musical diversity of Lawrence, Kansas. We are a strictly non-profit, volunteer-driven grass roots organization working with the Watkins Community Museum of History (http://www.watkinsmuseum.org/) to preserve Lawrence's Music for current and future generations. Please see our FAQ in the Blog section.

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My Interests

We are looking to obtain recordings, flyers, handbills, photos, videos, stories and anything else related to Lawrence's musical history.
QUESTIONS? Comments? Want to submit something? Please reach us at: [email protected]

I'd like to meet:

We would like to meet anyone who has produced and/or played music here in Lawrence, Kansas. If you own the rights to your music, you can donate a copy of your album to the Watkins Community Museum of History, where it will be kept forever to be viewed and listened to (and duplicated from, if YOUR permission is granted) for generations to come!

Music:

Rock, Soul, Jazz, Bluegrass, Metal, Experimental, Mounge, Sludge, Techno, Hip Hop, Rap, Punk, Ska, Hardcore, Pop, R&B, Goth, Grindcore, Emo, Ambient, Polka, Big Band... any type of music is welcome!

TRUCKER Video for "The Neighbor Song."
THE ESOTERIC Video for “The Ram-Faced Boy."
PAW Video for “Jessie"
THE GET UP KIDS Video for “The One You Want"
GHOSTY Video for “I Won’t Be Stopped"
THE APPLESEED CAST performing “Fight Song"
THE NEW AMSTERDAMS Video for “Turn Out the Lights"
LONNIE FISHER & THE FUNERAL Video for “Subrosa"
MAMMOTH LIFE Video for “To Suffer for Passion"
WHERE IT AT

ABE & JAKE’S LANDING
8 E. Sixth St./ Phone: 785-841-5855
AIMEE’S COFFEE HOUSE 1025 Mass./ Phone: 785-843-5173

THE BOTTLENECK
737 New Hampshire/ Phone: 785-841-LIVE

THE EIGHTH STREET TAP ROOM
801 New Hampshire/ Phone: 785-841-6918

FATSO’S
1016 Mass./ Phone: 785-865-4055

THE GASLIGHT TAVERN AND COFFEEHOUSE
317 N. Second St./ Phone: 785-856-4330

THE GRANADA
1020 Mass./ Phone: 785-841-1390
HARBOUR LIGHTS 1031 Mass./ Phone: 785-841-1960

THE JACKPOT MUSIC HALL
943 Mass./ Phone: 785-832-1085

THE JAZZHAÃœS
926 1/2 Mass./ Phone: 785-749-3320

JOHNNY’S TAVERN
410 N. Second St./ Phone: 785-842-0377

LIBERTY HALL
644 Mass./ Phone: 785-749-1972

LIED CENTER
1600 Stewart Dr., KU campus/ Phone: 785-864-2787 or 785-864-3469
LOUISE’S DOWNTOWN 1009 Mass./ Phone: 785-843-9032
THE POOL ROOM 925 Iowa/ Phone: 785-749-5039

THE REPLAY LOUNGE
946 Mass./ Phone: 785-749-7676

SLOW RIDE ROADHOUSE
1350 N. Third St./ Phone: 785-749-2727

Movies:

The Day After, Carnival Of Souls, The Confederate States of America, Kansas

Television:

Turnpike

Books:

This is America?

Heroes:

ALL THE LAWRENCE BANDS/ARTISTS THAT HAVE MADE LAWRENCE GREAT!
This is the list of contributors to the Lawrence Music Archive (it's small, but hey, we just got started!):
GCDC/ SAMOTHRACE/ SEPTINOMCON/ ET TU, BRUTE?

My Blog

WTF?!?? Wheres MY bands music/video?!!?!??

We don’t play favorites here at Lawrence Music Archive. We love all of you EQUALLY. Each artist/band brings something unique to our scene! So with that said... Please keep in mind that...
Posted by Lawrence Music Archive on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 01:10:00 PST

THE FORMS YOU NEED

Here’s the first form the Watkins Community Museum of History requires. This basically states that 1) you are the legal owner of the item(s) you are donating to the museum and 2) ...
Posted by Lawrence Music Archive on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:41:00 PST

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What’s the point of all this, anyway? Lawrence, Kansas is a town that has been known for many years as a musical mecca in the Midwest. Many big name acts have forsaken larger cities to play here...
Posted by Lawrence Music Archive on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:26:00 PST