The year was 1996 and it was the dawn of a new era in Calgary's live music scene. Brad had arrived and things would never be the same. It started out innocently, the staff led by Brad and the noted Newfie intellectual Al Ryan. The bar was manned by Brad and Al, who were ably aided by T-roy, the inventor of the Half and Full-Hemple (practiced by many a bartender through Morgan's history), and some guy ironically nicknamed the opposite of Slowpoke. The floor was dominated by two serving legends, the lovely Laurie and the illustrious Ilona, as well as venom-spewing, felcher-outing Lynne Alexis. Working the door were Brad's quasi-brother-in-law and Trebas Institute icon Mike, with longtime Saturday Jam barkeep and current real estate magnate Twiggy (along with some other guy we don't remember, who may still work here but is leaving on Sept. 30/2007). The kitchen was run by semi-permanent fixture (and expert conspiracy theorist) Ronnie. The entertainment provided in the early days was courtesy of Busman's Holiday, the Holy Cow Trio, Grass, Cranston Fields, Curious George and Domino Theory. The next stage of the rooms life was a period of transition staff- and band-wise. Bringing in the bacon were, on the floor- the enchanting Erin J. and Kelly, on the wood- Johnny, Derek B., Turtle and Geoff, and in the kitchen, cooking the bacon- our favorite dynamic duo, roommates Rick and Aaron, along with semi-permanent fixture (and weather-control researcher) Ronnie. New acts lighting up our lives included Right as Rain, Liquid Courage, Mr. Sparkle, Silly Wrabbit, Playground Zone and My Mother Grooves. Over the years we have seen a number of touring acts grace our stage (or our raised seating area, right Mr. G. Johnson?). A brief list would feature Vince Neil of Motley Crue,Bret Michaels of Poison, Skid Row, L.A. Guns, Big Sugar, the Headstones, the Trews, 54-40, Kinnie Starr, the New Meanies and Rymes with Orange. The next couple years saw the coming and going of the charming Corinne, lively Laura and some-infamous-server-who-dated-a-regular-band's-bass- player-and-told-all-of-her-customers-to-go-to-hell-on-her-la
st-day. We saw a brief hiatus from semi-permanent fixture (and gold- and food- hoarding bunker dweller) Ronnie, who was ably spelled for a few brief months by Dirty Curty. It also saw the departure of T-roy and the solidifying of our current line-up. The newest crop of acts sprung up, as well, including Huxley's Breed, the Butchers, Sugarpuss, The Sessions (from Edmonton, Go Oilers Go), Sugarbone, !Bang, the unable to complete a website members of D.C. Heads, and One Nine Hundred (Aka, briefly, Tight White Pants or Shmoke and a Pancake). Of course, a tale of our fine establishment would be incomplete without mentioning the rise of metal supergroup Broken Toyz, who have arrived on the scene to (rewrite the lyrics to Motley Crue's "Wild Side" and...) rule the world of glam metal, only 20 years too late. All of the above brings us to our current line-up, a sort of (bad) dream team. The bar is ably manned by longtime Morgan's Swim Team captain, king of the Motel 6, and math genius Paul , svelte, bubbly, all-round nice guy, rugby prima-donna Bubba, ever-optimistic Flames fan, focus-challenged, unimpairable industry vet Toby (admirably stepping in for peace officer extraordinaire Derek), and, part-time, by morbidly-fanatical Red Sox fan Sandy (father of O-rod). The floor features resident spiritualist, mail-carrying Erin (recently portrayed in the movie "Waiting..." by Alanna Ubach), sweet, innocent, naive, shy, quiet (I could go on....) Kristie (recently portrayed in the movie "Waiting..." by Alanna Ubach), returning veterans Sica and Laura (recently portrayed in the movie "Waiting..." by Alanna Ubach), and newest (though hardly new) addition, I-refuse-to-get-drunk-at-my- place-of-work Morgan, with the days held down by Jane-of-all-trades (just watch out for the steam burns and sharp objects...) Kendra. The kitchen is under the solid direction of, now part-time, semi-permanent fixture (and chemtrail tracker) Ronnie,and returning Morgan's vet Greg J (seems to me all our kitchen staff are recycled...how eco-friendly of us!), who are ably assisted by our not-so-original G, Derek and our newest addition, mulleted, highly tolerant (hence his ability to live with Kayne) Kory T. Our security is guaranteed by our crack door staff with long, long time enforcer/pussycat, I-can-speak-perfect-accent-free-English-but-I'm-not-going-to
-just-to-mess- with-you, Ethiopian nightmare Elias, former Fed-Ex package hoarder Mike, low-key but authoritative Adam and occasionally the meek, small Grinda (turn sarcasm mode off...). Of course, we can't forget our favorite tub tarts, Brad's sometimes taxi service (and...Likki Stix' ex-wife?) Rhonda, who is sometimes spelled by the fire-fighting, fitness fiend Chantel or the one woman entertainment system, I-can-ring-up-a-bigger-tab-than-you-and-get-away-with-it Amy. So come on down some night, or every night, to Morgan's, where the band isn't the only entertainment you'll see !!!!!!Thank you all for a great decade......and like that...he was gone!
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