The label's output included Lyman Woodard's revered underground classic Saturday Night Special. MT Music Staff Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Butterbean and Susie, the touring shows Shuffle Along (Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake) and Runnin' Wild (James P. Johnson) and countless others acts appeared 1914-1931. Foreign Language Immersion And Cultural Studies, Detroit International Academy For Young Women. He was 52. Industrial development has changed the area the old route and grade of the road and very little is left of the original farm. 2,656 sqft. The rest is history. It definitely wasnt Secrets Of A Sparrow. Lurlee Edwards. Proof is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, in a crypt near Rosa Parks. 3769 Buena Vista St, Detroit, MI 48238-3201. In late 1953, Klein's featured guitarist Kenny Burrell and the Four Sharps (pianist Harold McKinney, bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Hindall Butts); in 1954, trombonist Frank Rosolino formerly with Kenton performed. He had no idea it'd become world-famous, of course; in fact, he was sometimes too embarrassed to admit he even owned it. This groundbreaking DIY effort at self-determination was resurrected in spirit in the '80s with the New World Stage Caf in the John Sinclair-helmed Jazz Center and with Donald Walden's Harmonie Park loft, the New World Stage. All you need to know about the Apex Bar is John Lee Hooker and Little Sonny will be forever linked to the curved yellow brick walls that look exactly as they did when Hooker played his first gig there back in 1943. Detroit International Academy For Young Women, Foreign Language Immersion And Cultural Studies, Wayne State University Museum of Natural History. This tannish "Tudorbethan" near Curtis and Livernois belonged to the Four Tops' bass voice who, you'll recall, co-wrote the world-revolving masterpiece "What's Going On." In 1964, local college students Dave Leone and Punch Andrews transformed a Harper Woods VFW Hall into the first Hideout Club by hiring local garage band the Fugitives and hanging a sign outside the door. Copyright: 2023 Redfin. Like most Paradise Valley establishments, the hotel met its demise later in the '40s. He was leaving the venue with his girlfriend and a friend in tow. SEARCH Forum Based on Redfin's market data, we calculate that market competition in 48238, this home's neighborhood, is somewhat competitive. 3800 W Buena Vista St, Detroit, MI 48238. "That is the east side. It was a classic moment in time when you actually had to be there to understand the magic. The result, with its clanging rhythm guitar and gospel-tinged vocals, has often been cited as the first soul record. Guitarist Joyce Songer worked as a hostess here when she wasn't waxing strikingly original records for Imperial, Coral and Fortune with her husband Earl and their band the Rocky Road Ramblers. In fact, Fiddler turned Dilla on to the MPC 2000, which Dilla used to craft beats for A Tribe Called Quest, Erykah Badu, Common, Ghostface and De La Soul. CONTACT Us I know that she requested her gowns and was denied so my home would have been on my list unless she thought it was paid for already. Seating little more than 100, it defined class, with a piano-shaped bar, a 7-foot Steinway (selected for the club by Art Tatum at the Steinway factory), intimate wall booths, etc. Owner Neil Yee said the bar was the only place you can do a "show that'll draw six people where the owner will be happy about it." His Highland Park childhood lasted a brief seven years; thanks to the deepening Great Depression, his Kentucky-born father, William Albert Haley, moved the family on to Pennsylvania. In 1965 Ruffin was living at 3747 Gladstone for $75 a month with his girlfriend Genna. The best I can understand what happen was Diana grew up and wanted a little freedom to think and make her own decisions. Much different from the magazine cover. ALL FORUMS The bar was known for attracting traveling musicians and gay men alike, and the joint's famous storefront featuring an oversized carving of two men drinking over the doorway likely had deeper significance to some of the clientele. Sort through the musical history of this swinging-rocking-funking-thrashing city and come up with, say, 100 key sites that have made Detroit what it is, spanning decades and genres, spanning the region from the river north, and from east to west, from iconic incidents to obscure, but telling, episodes. 3767 Buena Vista St, Detroit, MI 48238, United States. They hosted many a Grande Ballroom musician post-gig, partying and often jamming with such performers as Joe Cocker, Van Morrison, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Rick Derringer, Leon Russell and Rita Coolidge. As one writer described the Brewster homes, they were "clean, decent housing, established for lower middle-class hard-working families." Discover (and save!) Originally the fraternal Polish Falcons Hall, by the early '90s it became a hangout for punks and ska scenesters called the Falcon Club, and from 1996 to 2002 the building on Caniff in Hamtramck became Motor arguably North America's top licensed and legal venue for techno, house, electro and ghetto-funk mayhem. Each cost about $30,000. The estate became a sort of utopian creative commune, and award-winning photojournalist John Collier documented the inhabitants and visitors to the manor. Flick Records prexy Robert West selected disc jockey Bristoe Bryant's B-B Recording Studio to record the Falcons' "You're So Fine" in 1959. It was an old farmhouse that had the windows painted black. Caravan Gardens catered to the best of them, including Roy Hall, Skeets McDonald, Eddie Jackson and the York Brothers. Organized as an alternative business, creative production and socially militant enterprise in the late 1980s, Underground Resistance and Submerge are inextricably linked. 101 as a later Robinson address, where he lived with then-wife Claudette Rogers. A modern jazz showcase for nearly a decade. Detroit lumberman-turned-publisher Jerome Remick and an early partner got in on the action for 1905's "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree." Meanwhile a documentary about the fabled club is in the works. Under-21 players like Kenny Burrell and Barry Harris were regulars for the liquor-free (at least in theory) place. The Tempts' baritone and co-founder, Otis "Big Daddy" Williams, lived here with his second wife Ann in the late '60s-early '70s. Were working on getting current and accurate fire risk information. 3766 W Buena Vista St is a home located in Wayne County with nearby schools including Durfee ElementaryMiddle School, Detroit International Academy For Young Women, and Foreign Language Immersion And Cultural Studies. Find contact info for current and past residents, property value, and more. Note that this was Berry Gordy's home until he gave it as a gift to the his older sister (Marvin Gaye's wife Anna) and brother-in-law in 1967 and relocated to "Gordy Manor" on West Boston Boulevard. Until those projects pan out, you can still see footage of the grounds and interior in George Barry's humorous cult horror film Death Bed: The Bed that Eats, shot at Garwood in 1972. The smaller, grungier and more intimate space in the basement, the Shelter, hosts live acts and DJs. The Rent Zestimate for this home is $1,214/mo, which has increased by $1,214/mo in the last 30 days. It was a legendary '60s folk and blues club, an anchor of the University of Detroit community. The house, built in 1969, was on the market in May 2011 for $48,600. DetroitYES FORUM. Its musical significance: the site of a handful of concerts (MC5-Psychedelic Stooges double-bills in 1968, Negative Approach and Hsker D in 1984), it was also the rented rehearsal space for Alice Cooper and his crew before heading into the studio to record 1971's Killer. Older brother Hank had long left town when the Jones family home became the site of weekly jam sessions from 1952 to 1955. Perfecting Church is pastored by the Rev. In 1999, 11 years after his death, the Detroit Blues Society put a fitting marker on his grave at Detroit's Mount Hazel Cemetery. Consult with a real estate agent for specific fee information in your area. ft. property located at 3017 W Buena Vis, Detroit, MI 48238 3384 sold for $965,000 on Aug 25, 2021. 1.5 Baths. It's where techno pioneers Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson (the Belleville Three) went to school together and tinkered with electronic rhythms inspired by P-Funk, Chicago house, London glam and German sound engineering. "I would never be on time," Hooker recalled of his Apex days. Motown's grossly underpaid Brian Holland, he of culture-altering songwriting trio Holland-Dozier-Holland, lived here with his wife Sharon during his 1967-68 split from Motown and later while heading up Invictus and Hot Wax record labels with Lamont Dozier and Brian's brother Eddie. Tops lead man Levi Stubbs lived around the corner at 18512 Santa Barbara. Joe B's also functioned as an informal audition room; the late drummer Bert Myrick recalled discussing a possible tour with Coltrane during his 1960 Minor Key stop. Oh--and I just did a quick search of good ol' 3767 Buena Vista on Google Maps and found this photo taken in June 2019 [with what looks like the same Jeep Grand Cherokee pictured above farther back in the driveway from the front of the house--same homeowner[s]?]. Skip page header and navigation. Usually no one answered. 8 myths about renting you should stop believing immediately, 6 ways home buyers mess up getting a mortgage, 6 reasons you should never buy or sell a home without an agent, Difference between agent, broker & Realtor, Real estate agents reveal the toughest home buyers they've ever met, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. The 32-year-old Proof (nee DeShaun Holton) was playing pool with Keith Bender Jr. when an argument broke out. The couple married quickly after meeting in a Toronto club in '65, played out as a duo, often at the Alcove near Wayne State, the Rathskeller, and at the Chessmate on Livernois. If Motown still controlling her money at the time she offered to pay off the house? Bessie Smith's 1927 visit ended in chaos, with her entourage sneaking out of town to escape a jealous husband. This propertys flood risk is not changing. School data provided by National Center for Education Statistics, Franklin and his congregation to their new home, a former theater. For eight years, the basement Plantation club offered a chorus line, singers, dancers, comics and a tuxedo-clad emcee. A 300-car caravan marked the arrival of the Rev. It lives on in spirit, if not name, as the Painted Lady. Gordy was on his way. The data is hyperlocal, because the area is defined by FIPS 261635305001000, Please see our full analysis of Detroit here. Studio. The 1891 home built with a fortune made from Montana gold mines became a church in 1913, and then the parsonage for a new adjoining church building. This may have started around the time of Mahogany. The song title? Diana did attempt to help but the check was returned. Yeah I was going to say I don't think Mary was really in the financial position herself to be lending money to Flo. (See our listing for Stone Burlesk Theatre.). 3.01.00vd4930, Calloway, Luther C owns this real estate property. Nope. A Detroit News article last year charted the church's decline in recent years, "struggling to survive a dwindling population, shaky finances, and an onslaught of bloodshed, blight and despair." His family still occupies his longtime home; the free-standing screened-in party room he built for them in the backyard serves as a testament to one of the most stirring talents in Detroit soul. Smokey attended Northern High, at which time he formed the pre-Miracles combo, the Matadors. DJ House Shoes laments, "I miss that basement. That basement is the birthplace of so many musical ideas. Now, Miss Mary Wilson stated that they all made 3 pennies per album, and they wrote none of their songs, so of course they did not have huge royalty checks coming in, but Diana Ross having only $100,000? Hooooo dooo dooo dooo dooo dooo,' People were hollering and laughing, and I looked and Sonny Rollins had disappeared out the back door.". We notice that you are using an, Florence Ballard and her home on Buena Vista. Share. She doesn't ever mention any of this. If you are using a screen reader, or having trouble reading this website, please call Redfin Customer Support for help at 1-844-759-7732. The best way to tell them apart is to think of UR as a talent collective (with Mike Banks, Jeff Mills and Rob Hood its most notable contributors) and Submerge as a label and a place from 1992-2000 at 2030 Grand River Ave. and now at 3000 E. Grand Blvd. The Brass Rail is gone, but you can still see the carving; it's indoors since 1987, at the Adair Bar, 8033 Saint Clair Hwy., Casco; 810-329-3056; we hear the original woodcarver's grandnieces come in regularly. Lili Karwowski opened the bar as a beer-and-shot joint in 1975. Bonita Herzfeld. She moved out at 18 to attend the University of Michigan, which she dropped to pursue dancing in New York City, and the rest is, um, history. The Koppin was done in by talkies and the Depression. Search over 1 million real estate properties updated daily. In 1987, it began hosting both local and touring bands, and it remains one of the best places to watch live music in the city, alongside its in-complex venues the Majestic Caf and the Magic Stick (where garage rock was famously and officially over the night Jack White punched out the Von Bondies' Jason Stollsteimer in December 2004.) 67 Buena Vista St, Detroit, MI 48203 67 Buena Vista St, Highland Park, MI 48203 Single Family Residential 1 bath Lot: 3,485 sqft Built in 1910 69 Buena Vista St, Detroit, MI 48203 Lot/Land Lot: 5,227 sqft View details 70 Buena Vista St, Detroit, MI 48203 Unspecified Lot: 3,485 sqft View details 72 Buena Vista St, Detroit, MI 48203 Unspecified We estimate that 3766 W Buena Vista St would rent for between $1,329 and $1,479. The Twenty Grand offered national acts like Arthur Prysock, Joe Tex, and Sam and Dave, and was a Motown music showplace for artists such as Marvin Gaye, the Miracles, the Four Tops, the Temptations, and the Supremes. But she spent many of her formative years in a house in the North End, the area roughly north of Grand Boulevard between Oakland and Hamtown. Every night: 'Boom-boom you late again.' On Detroit's northeast side, you'll find Conant Gardens. Now understand this for a moment when she asked him for the $$ to match RCA, he said no. Think of CREEM as an art project gone awry, with all the beer-spurting frolic of a Stooges or Alice Cooper front-row circa early '70s when rock 'n' roll could fuck you up. By August 1973, Williams' career had skidded out. I assume the house would have been in Flo's name since she bought it when she was single? Based on Redfin's Detroit data, we estimate the home's value is $120,437. He fought with her the last night of his life and was found, early morning, dead with his gun and a hole in his head in an alley beside his car near the northeast corner of this intersection. By proceeding, you consent to receive calls and texts at the Many neighbors came to hear the music; one recalled seeing Miles Davis at one of the sessions. If you lived between Woodward and the railroad tracks you'd say you lived on the north end." The latter was home to Cass Corridor honky-tonker Gene Nitz's great "Running From the Law." 1,260 Sq. Foreclosure listings from RealtyTrac, including pre-foreclosures, house auctions and bank owned homes. Permitted land uses for this property include single-family, two-family, multi-family, and commercial. Redfin does not endorse or guarantee this information. Normile's shotgun assassination in his next-door apartment (never solved) took its toll on the scene, although the club continued along into the 1980s. In the '70s and '80s, the DIA had its own in-house "Jazz at the Institute" series, including a nationally syndicated radio program of the same name for a number years. number you provided, including marketing by autodialer and prerecorded and artificial voice, and Pitney Bowes, and GreatSchools Independent for reference only. However, I have heard and read many times that she attempted to do so. It's possible; his studio was located in the back room of his bail bonds office. 1-800-401-0486. Rebuilt after a fire in 1958, the venue reopened with three new performance rooms. We cannot guarantee the accuracy, correctness and/or timeliness of the data. Based on Redfin calculations of home data from MLS and/or public records. Miles Davis played for a long stretch in 1953 while kicking heroin (and often returned later as a leader). Now the site of the Spiral Collective, down the street from popular Avalon Bakery, in the late '70s, the corner of Cass and Willis was "the new jazz corner of the world." Nonetheless, there's nothing "lower middle-class" about the girls in the shot. Home Buyers: Receive a $5,000 closing date guarantee for you and your seller. CCC closed after the shooting. Madonna lived in this four-bed, two-bath house with her parents and seven sibs. refi payment: $450/mo Refinance your loan Home value Owner tools Home details Neighborhood details ZILLOW HOME LOANS Get pre-qualified for a loan Opened in 1962, the Village was a "race-free zone" where young musicians both black and white exchanged ideas, trading and teaching one another the tricks of the show biz trade. When they were home they were usually recording. Opened in 1933 by Italian immigrant Jimmy Siracuse, and owned for years by soul producer Don Davis, to survey the ancient sign and solid brick architecture of United Sound is to bask in the very essence of Detroit music: Todd Rhodes' "Dance of the Redskins," John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillun,'" Jack Scott's "The Way I Walk," Marv Johnson's "Come to Me." Were working on getting current and accurate heat risk information. The group moved out to A2 following constant harassment by the Detroit police, though Sinclair's presence meant that they weren't really left alone here either. While touring, Johnny Otis hosted a 1951 talent show there, discovering three future stars: Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John and the Royals (later to recruit Hank Ballard and evolve into the Midnighters). He'd been evicted from his last place, a big house on Hazelwood, while out on tour, his belongings reportedly placed out in the front yard. I don't think Berry ever believed that Diana would leave him/Motown. 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