The Davis Street building (pictured) which used to house the Talking Head Club, The Ottobar and Chambers is headed for auction May 19.
For a mere $10,000, one lucky person will walk away with an integral piece of Baltimore's music history.
Years and years ago, it was a bar with live music called Chambers. If memory serves, it became The Ottobar in the '90s, and then the Talking Head Club in 2002.
The Talking Head abandoned the Davis Street space in 2008 at the end of 2006, and eventually moved to a side room at Sonar. The Ottobar is now on North Howard Street ...
Many wicked parties went down on Davis Street, and many bands (such as J-Roddy Walston and the Business) cut their teeth playing there.
It was a cruddy space, with a busted pool table and an odd layout. But it was our space, and now it's gone. 203 Davis Street, you will be missed.
Thanks to Adam Meister for the tip.
(Photo courtesy of Alex Cooper, via this website)