FabSat, RIP

Greg has a post mortem of the penultimate show ever at the Satellite this weekend.

Despite the place's problems (it often got much too crowded and smoky), Dickie Malone ran a joint that treated musicians well for a long long time and took music seriously (unlike, say, Fitzgerald's these days), and the FabSat was a destination of a lot of Texas music acts that I really like (including Reckless Kelly, who always attracted a huge, raucous crowd).

Here's hoping he relocates. The Houston music scene needs more Dickie Malones a lot more than it needs (overrated) slow pizza joints.

[Posted at 20:40 CST on 01/06/03] [Link]