Northwest Dance Halls
Shale at the Ad Lib - 1981
The Ad Lib
Kent, Washington
Some of the bands that performed at this place during those great years of NW music were:
| Airborne
Baby Gunn Blue Sky The Bones Bounty Hunter Chaser Child Crown Dartanian Eddie GIllan and The Cools Excalibur Fire Eye Foot Lucy Freeway Jam Hootus Hostage Ictus |
Jaugernaut
Jerry Lee Lewis The Machine Mercenary The Names Omega Penrose Red Ax Redline Ronnie Lee Shale Shyanne Soldier Street Talk Sweet Talkin Jones Whiterock |
Ad Lib Tavern, Kent, WA started around 1968 by Lloyd Tonkin, Lyle Olson & Henry Shellert & sold in 1974 to TJM Enterprises, Inc., whom operated this nightclub until about 1979 & then sold to the Emmet family. We provided top entertainment for years 7 nights a week along with continuing to do so at Ad Lib Tavern, Kent, WA started around 1968 by Lloyd Tonkin, Lyle Olson & Henry Shellert & sold in 1974 to TJM Enterprises, Inc., whom operated this nightclub until about 1979 & then sold to the Emmet family. We provided top entertainment for years 7 nights a week along with continuing to do so at:The Old Hatchcover on Bellevue Redmond Rd (became the Ad Lib East in 1977 & operated for about 2+ years with live show R&R),
Flightline Tavern started in 1977, prior names were the INTERLUDE which opened around 1968 to 1969 & the transferred to the Red Barn, later to be known as The Tunnel Inn, the largest Disco in Seattle. The Flightline operated for 2+ years & was one of the top clubs in the Seattle area!
Stationhouse Restaurant Lounge & Nightclub in Sumner, WA, starting around 1988 and provided top night club entertainment for approximately 2+ years & then became known as China Sails Restaurant whom also provided top live entertainment for over ten years.
Timothy I. Matelich, October 2008
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Last Update: 6 February 2009
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Mike McElhoe, Laura Oberto, Chris Bentley,
Bill Cantlon, Joel Johnson, Danielle Robertson, Timothy I. Matelich,
Dan Harris